Background
Cannon, Richard Alan was born on June 10, 1944 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Alan and Mattie Cora (Settle) Cannon.
Cannon, Richard Alan was born on June 10, 1944 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Alan and Mattie Cora (Settle) Cannon.
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1967.
Shift supervisor, Deering Milliken, Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1971-1972; process engineer, J. E. Sirrine Company, Greenville, South Carolina., 1972-1973; senior process engineer, J. E. Sirrine Company/Congressional Research Service Sirrine, Houston, 1973-1985; senior process engineer, Congressional Research Service Sirrine, Inc., Greenville, 1985-1988; senior process engineer, Rust International, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-1996; senior construction engineering, Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1996.
Referee Timberline Youth Soccer Association, Spring, Texas, 1980-1985, Greenville Recreational Swimming League, 1986-1988. Assistant scoutmaster troop 266 Boy Scouts American, Greenville, 1986-1988. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1967-1971.
Member American Institute of Electrical Engineers (secretary central Alabama section since 1991), Knights of Columbus.
Married Cheri Lynn Bracken, June 12, 1971. Children: Kimberly Ann, Richard Alan, Michael Andrew, Courtney Lynn.
