"Ruth Cannon was a history buff most of her life. She graduated from Greensboro College in 1911 summa cum laude, always interested in the arts, history and music. She did much to promote history in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County and in North Carolina."
Salisbury Post (09/07/09)

Read about Cannon's ties to preservation 

The Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award is North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award presented for outstanding achievement of statewide significance in historic preservation in North Carolina. < ahref="http://www.presnc.org/Preservation-NC-Awards/Cannon-Award-Schuster">Learn more about it and other awards presented by Preservation NC . . .