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==Documents & Timeline==
<B>1981 Jul 1</b> President Reagan himself nominated three top EPA officials at the beginning of his first term under 'guidance' from [[Joseph Coors]]. [[Anne Gorsuch Burford]] was to be the Administrator. Under her would be:<UL> <li> [[John Horton]], to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Administration (ex New Jersey engineer and businessman)
<li> [[John A Todhunter]], Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Subtances
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<b>1985</b> Cannon left the EPA shortly after Reagan's landslide win for his second term. <hr><b>1987</b> According to his biographical note Cannon was working as a corporate attorney. He then joined "the acquisition team in the purchase of Geneva Steel from USX Corporation in 1987".<hr><b>1991</b> (later biographical note) Mr. Cannon was inducted into the Utah Business Hall of Fame in 1991. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the [[American Enterprise Institute]], the Board of Directors of [[Empower America]], the Board of Directors of [[Coalitions for America]] and the Board of Directors of the [[Deseret News Publishing Company]]. He is a member of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee and the Brigham Young University National Advisory Council. [http://www.regnery.com/eagle/eagle_management.html] <hr><B>1994 Sep 12</b> Cannon is now a Director of Newt Gingrich's [[Empower America]] (the successor to the Coor-funded [[Sagebrush Rebellion]] and [[Wise Use movement]]. His associates have sent a letter to [[Craig Fuller ]] (Once once his White House link at the EPA -- now a Philip Morris executive) requesting the company's attendance at a fund-raising dinner on the ''SS Intrepid'' hosted by Steve Forbes, Fuller is offered the title of "Vice Chairman" of this new organisation if he can sell tickets to a table of 10 at only $1000 a ticket. This will also give him a lobbying lunch with [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] (Reagan's United Nations Ambassador).
'''Empower America''' now has a membership of 400,000 under the leadership of [[Newt Gingich]], [[Trent Lott]] and [[Lamar Alexander]] - which can provide the company with contact services. The sales pitch is: ''"We have become a prominent voice in the national policy debate, participating in issues of healthcare, welfare, crime and economics''" and ''"we need your help to continue to challenge the Clinton administration's destructive policies which threaten us as individuals and as a nation.''" [https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/ksfh0088]
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<b>1995</b> Joseph A. Cannon is a director of [[Eagle Publishing]], the parent company of the conservative publishing house, [[Regnery Publishing]]. He joined the board in 1995.
==References==
==Other SourceWatch resources==
*Director, [[Climate Institute]]
*[[Eagle Publishing]]
*[[Regnery Publishing]]
*[[American Enterprise Institute]]
*[[Empower America]]
*[[Coalitions for America]]
*[[Human Events]]
*[[Banana Republicans]]
*[[Banana Republicans: The Echo Chamber]]
==External links==
*"[http://www.regnery.com/eagle/eagle_management.html Eagle Management Corporate Management]", accessed October 2004.