Robert Mcdonald Shannon

Background

Shannon, Robert Mcdonald was born on October 2, 1917 in Bristol, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert McDonald and Helen Izetta (Coyner) Shannon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1939, Master of Science, 1940. Postgraduate Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1949-1950, Ohio State University, 1954-1956.

Career

May 1964); children– Christopher, Alexandra, Nicholas. With United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-1961, commanding officer 109th Engineer Battalion, Mannheim, Germany. Adviser Chinese Chief of Engineers, Taiwan.

Engineer New York Engineer District.

Director community shelter planning Hays, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Roanoke, Virginia, 1961-1963. Director Roanoke Valley Regional Planning Commission, Roanoke, 1964-1968.

Executive director Fifth Planning District Commonwealth of Virginia, 1969-1972. Assistant planning and construction Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, since 1973.

Assistant professor Ohio State University, 1953-1956.

Instructor University Maryland Far East, 1958, University Virginia Roanoke Center, 1962-1965.

Achievements

• Robert Mcdonald Shannon has been listed as a notable architect, planner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member committee Roanoke Valley Museum, 1970-1973.

Connections

Married Anne MacGowan, June 20, 1953 (divorced May 1964). Children– Christopher, Alexandra, Nicholas.

Father:

Robert McDonald Shannon

Mother:

Helen Izetta (Coyner) Shannon

Spouse:

Anne MacGowan

child:

Alexandra Shannon

child:

Nicholas Shannon

child:

Christopher Shannon