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Cannon, Clawson Y. (Clawson Young), 1885-1977

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1885 - 1977

Biographical History

Clawson Y. Cannon (1885-1977) was a high school teacher, college professor, and government worker who specialized in animal husbandry (especially dairy husbandry) and agriculture.

Clawson Young Cannon was the son of George Q. and Caroline Young Cannon. He was born on October 27, 1885, in Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah and died on November 3, 1977, in Provo, Utah County, Utah. Cannon was buried on November 7, 1977, in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. On September 11, 1913, Cannon married Winnifred Morrell in Logan, Utah. She died on March 12, 1974. They had four children: Rowland Morrell Cannon, Robert Young Cannon, Winnifred Cannon, and Clawson Young Cannon Jr. During his career, Cannon taught at Iowa State University, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and a high school in Boise, Idaho. He earned his master's and doctor's degree from Iowa State; he was the first to earn a Ph.D. in Dairy Husbandry from that school. He spent 4 1/2 years in Beirut, Lebanon working for the U.S. Office of Foreign Agriculture Relations, where he helped develop the dairy program of that country. After returning to the United States, he taught at BYU until his retirement in 1971. Cannon was a member of several prestigious honor societies and national dairy science associations. He received several service and teaching awards for his work at BYU. He was recognized as a "Pioneer in the Dairy Industry by the Journal of Dairy Science in 1955 and authored more than sixty publications. He passed away in 1977.

Citation:
Utah State History Online Photograph Archives, viewed May 17, 2012 (parentage) http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/USHS_Class&CISOPTR=784
Citation:
Brigham Young Family website, viewed May 17, 2012 (birth, burial, and death dates; information about wife, children; marriage) http://brighamyoungfamily.org/descendants/b2488.htm
Citation:
Obituary for Clawson Young Cannon, found on docstoc.com, "MEMORIALS CLAWSON YOUNG CANNON 1914 1920, Journal of Dairy Science," website accessed May 17, 2012 (schools he studied and taught at, accomplishments, Lebanon, honor societies, degrees) http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2421294/MEMORIALS-CLAWSON-YOUNG-CANNON-1914-1920-Journal-of-Dairy-Science-#

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clawson Y. Cannon correspondence, 1948-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 3
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence from family, friends, and acquaintances sent to and received by either Clawson Y. Cannon or his wife Winnifred; all date between the years 1948 and 1976. Most of the correspondence is from Cannon's family, especially his children. Events that generated the correspondence include the following: Christmas well-wishes, Cannon and his wife's 60th wedding anniversary, his wife's passing away in 1974, and her sickness before her passing. The notes include views on...
Dates: 1948-1976

College of Fine Arts and Communications budget binder, 1973-1974

 Sub-Series — Box 34: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231242550], Folder: 24-26
Identifier: UA 567 Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative budget files, including instructions and information, memorandums and correspondence, notes, allocation and distribution information, balances, requests, and carryover information.

Dates: 1973-1974

College of Fine Arts and Communications miscellaneous files, 1966-1974

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 567 Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative budget files, including faculty and other salary lists, memorandums, correspondence, budget allocations, letters of appointement, interview notes, staff recruitment, purchases and expenditures, and graphs.

Dates: 1966-1974

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