[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1769-E1770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. CARROLL CANNON

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 1997

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a friend and longtime 
member of the San Diego educational community--Dr. Carroll Cannon. Dr. 
Cannon died on Sunday, September 7, 1997 at the age of 80.
  As well as a lifelong interest in education, he also had a passionate 
interest in international affairs--and he traveled throughout the world 
promoting world peace. He authored the book, ``Shaping Our Future 
Together: the U.S., the U.N. and We, the People'' and was in the 
process of writing his autobiography, ``Born to Grow, From Local 
Village to Global Village,'' at the time of his death.
  He received his bachelor of arts degree at Harding University in 
Searcy, AR, where he met his wife, Nona. He earned masters of arts 
degrees from Pepperdine and New York Universities and his Ph.D. at New 
York University.
  Dr. Cannon served for 14 years at California Western University [CWU] 
from 1958 until 1972, becoming provost in 1965. He was named provost 
emeritus of the CWU and the U.S. International University in 1992. His 
earlier days in education were spent as an administrator and teacher 
from elementary school through college. Carroll and Nona were 
instrumental in developing the first junior college in Japan in the 
early 1950's.
  Dr. Cannon's support for the United Nations dates back to 1945 when 
he witnessed the signing of the U.N. Charter in San Francisco. He 
served as president of the San Diego County chapter of the United 
Nations Association from 1978-1982, and he became national chairman of 
the Council of Chapter and Division Presidents of the association in 
1983. He

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attended the ceremony which marked the 50th anniversary of the signing 
of the U.N. Charter, also in San Francisco. He participated in the U.N. 
World Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver and on Women in 
Copenhagen. He and his wife were often introduced in numerous speaking 
engagements for the United Nations as the ``Cannons for Peace''.
  At the time of his death, he had become a respected local voice for 
world peace. Friends knew Dr. Cannon as one of the most gracious, 
loving, and caring individuals they were privileged to know--and a true 
world peace patriot.
  My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Nona, to his two 
daughters and three grandchildren, to his friends, and to the larger 
community which was touched by his presence. We will all miss him.

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