D. James Cannon
Donald James Cannon (December 8, 1919 – March 5, 1998) was a member of the
Governor of Utah in 1964 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Salt Lake City
in 1967. He also coined the Utah slogan "the greatest snow on earth."
Biography
Cannon was the son of Sylvester Q. Cannon and the husband of Elaine A. Cannon. James Cannon served as a Mormon missionary in Hawaii.
Cannon's Mormon Essays were published by
Sugar House, Utah
.
Cannon also served as the executive director of the Utah Travel Council. It was in this position that he coined Utah's slogan.
Cannon was an alumnus of the University of Utah.
Sources
- D. James Cannon at the MLCA Database
- Lambert, Maurice Reed. Scott R. Lambert, ed. All is Well, Mission to the Hawaiian Islands: 1941-44. p. 101
- political graveyard bio on Cannon
- Deseret News obituary
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