Background
Cannon, Peter was born on April 20, 1932 in Chatham, England. Son of William Douglas and Ena (Bennett) Cannon. came to the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1958.
electric and aerospace company executive
Cannon, Peter was born on April 20, 1932 in Chatham, England. Son of William Douglas and Ena (Bennett) Cannon. came to the United States, 1956, naturalized, 1958.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry with honors, University London, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University London, 1955.
Chemical engineer, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, 1955-1956;
member technical staff, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, New York, 1956-1964;
liaison scientist, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, New York, 1964-1965;
manager operations analysis-information systems business, General Electric Computer Systems Business, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965-1967;
manager sensors and microelectronics automation business systems, General Electric Research Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1967-1972;
General Electric Automation Business, General Electric Research Laboratory, West Lynn, Massachusetts, 1972-1973;
vice president business development utility and industrial operations, Rockwell International, Pittsburgh, 1973-1976;
corporation staff vice president research, vice president, Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 1976-1984;
vice president research, chief scientist of corporation, Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 1984-1988;
president, chief Executive officer, Conductus Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 1988-1991;
managing partner, VRE Company, Ventura, California, since 1991. Adjunct Professor physics Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1962-1967. Lecturer University of Virginia, 1967, Royal Society London, 1978.
Member United States National Academy Science visiting team U. Alexandria, Egypt, 1980. Member visiting commission to Division of Physical Sciences University of Chicago, since 1983, advisory county to College English, Cornell Univercity, since 1988. Chairman.Nat. bureau of Standards Panel for Nondestructive Evaluation, 1983-1985,Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, since 1984, Federal Science & Technology committee, 1985.
Advisory panel on robotics and microelectronics University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1985. Director Industrial Research Institute, 1984. Chairman Fec. Science and Technology committee, 1985-1986.
Board directors Ventura County (California) United Way, 1978-1979, '84, chairman board trustees, 1985. Campaign chairman Ventura County Junior Achievement Program, 1979. Program chairman White House Advisory Committee for History Black Colleges and Universities, 1986, co-chairman, 1987.
Vice chairman Board on Engineering Education, National Research Council, since 1991. Fellow Royal Society Chemistry. Member National Management Association (recipient Silver Knight of Management award 1980), American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, American Management Association.
Married Elaine Moosdorf, August 5, 1955. Children– Ian Douglas, Adrienne Louise, Eric Milton, Peter Andrew.