Richard Cannon Erwin

Judge Richard Cannon Erwin

Personal

Birthday:

8/23/1923

Birthplace:

Marion, NC

Date of Death:

11/7/2006

Place of Death:

Winston-Salem, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army sergeant, 1943-1946
Private practice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1951-1977
State representative, North Carolina, 1974-1977
Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1978-1980

Education

Name of School:

Johnson C. Smith University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1947

Name of School - Second:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1951

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

Court Name:

North Carolina Middle District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/30/1980

Retirement from Active Service:

9/22/1992

Termination Date:

11/7/2006

Termination Reason:

Death