Major Tom Cannon

Background

Cannon, Major Tom was born on November 11, 1932 in Anniston, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas Albert and Sallie Mae (James) Cannon.

Education

Bachelor in Liberal Arts, Samford U., 1961; postgraduate, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1961-1962; postgraduate, Tulane University, 1962-1963; postgraduate, Auburn U., 1963-1964; Master of Education in Counseling, U. Georgia, 1968; postgraduate, University of Southern California, 1971, 81, 84; postgraduate, Francis Marion College, 1979-1980; postgraduate, Western Maryland. College, 1980; postgraduate, South Carolina. State College, 1981-1985; postgraduate, U. Charleston, 1993; postgraduate, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina., 1996-1997.

Career

English teacher, North Whitfield H.S., Dalton, Georgia, 1964-1965; English teacher, Savannah (Georgia) H.S., 1965-1966; guidance counselor, Savannah Public Schools, 1966-1979; director special services, Marlboro County School District, Bennettsville, South Carolina., 1979-1980; coordinator programs for handicapped, Marlboro County School District, Bennettsville, South Carolina., 1980-1981; teacher trainable mentally retarded, Edisto Middle School, Orangeburg, South Carolina., 1981-1986; teacher learning disabled, Norman C. Toole Middle School, Charleston, South Carolina., 1986-1988; teacher learning disabled, Berkeley Middle School, Moncks Corner, South Carolina., 1988-1997; department chairman special education, Berkeley Middle School, Moncks Corner, South Carolina., 1991-1994; specialist learning disabilities, Berkeley County School District, Moncks Corner, 1995-1997; resource, C.E. Murray High School, Greeleyville, South Carolina., since 1997. Labor resources technician City of Savannah, 1979. Presenter in field; member Strategic Planning Committee for Berkeley County School District, 1993-1997, School Improvement Council, 1996-1997.

Achievements

• Major Tom Cannon has been listed as a noteworthy Special education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Charter Republican National Committee, since 1992, Republican Presidential Task Force, since 1989, Republican National Commision on American Agenda, 1996, National Republican Senatorial Committee, since 1990. At-large delegate Republican Party Platform Planning Committee. Member Georgia Committee on Children and Youth, 1968.

With United States Navy, 1953-1957. Member ASCD, National Authors Registry, Council for Exceptional Children, Am.Pers. and Guidance Association, American School Counselors Association (Georgia coordinator), National Association School Counselors., American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Georgia Association Educators, Georgia Pers. and Guidance Association, Palmetto Teachers Association, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, National Resources Defense Council, World Wildlife Society, Defenders of Wildlife, American Association Retired Persons, Humane Society United States, American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: coin collecting, pets, scientific experiments, historicalstudies.

Connections

Father:

Thomas Albert Cannon

Mother:

Sallie Mae (James) Cannon