Craig Cannon (’00) to Receive The University of Iowa Alumni Association Young Alumni Award
Craig Cannon (’00) will receive one of The University of Iowa Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Awards on June 12, 2010. He is currently an attorney for one of the country’s largest banks. He is renowned nationally for his devotion to providing pro bono legal services to disaster victims, military veterans, and other people in need. As the national director of the American Bar Association (ABA)’s Disaster legal Services program, he worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to improve legal services for thousands of disaster victims, including those affected by Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, he became the youngest lawyer to win the ABA’s Pro Bono Publico Award. Cannon remains active in his state bar association and other charitable organizations, all while pursuing an executive MBA.