Background
Cannon, Georgius Young was born on March 6, 1892 in Salt Lake City. Son of George Quayle and Caroline (Young) Cannon.
Cannon, Georgius Young was born on March 6, 1892 in Salt Lake City. Son of George Quayle and Caroline (Young) Cannon.
Student, University Utah, 1909-1911; Bachelor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1918.
Mormon missionary, Germany and Switzerland, 1911-1914; office manager, Wallace Neff, Pasadena, California, 1925-1930; private practice architecture, Pasadena, 1935-1941; with, Los Angeles Shipyards, San Pedro, California, 1941-1943; draughtsman, 20th Century Fox Studio, Hollywood, California, 1943-1945; draughtsman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, Hollywood, 1945-1946; private practice architecture, Pasadena, 1946-1953; private practice architecture, Salt Lake City, 1953-1975, retired, 1975.
Architectural adivser new Symphony Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center, Salt Lake City, 1976. Member Salt Lake City Preservation Committee. Area chairman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Educational Council, 1955-1965.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president Utah chapter 1957-1958, award of appreciation 1975), Utah Heritage Foundation (life). Member American Society Interior Designers, Alta Club, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Phyllis Winder, December 1, 1921 (deceased June 1953). 1 child, Dorothy Cannon Webb.