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Cannon (Economics '71) Receives Radin Award
Glenn Cannon, general manager of Waverly Light and Power in Iowa, was the 2006 recipient of the Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded by the American Public Power Association (APPA).
In addition to the Radin Award, Cannon has received numerous other national and state awards, including the National Award for Environmental Sustainability from RENEW America and the James D. Donovan Individual Achievement Award from the APPA.
Cannon has served on the APPA board of directors for ten years with four years of service as an officer and a term as APPA chair. He is currently serves on the Leadership Group of the Joint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency Action Plan.
In addition, he holds five patents on soybean oil- and vegetable oil-based transformer dielectric fluids. With support from APPA's DEED program, he developed Biotrans, a commercially-marketed, environmentally friendly transformer fluid.
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