Richard Cannon Erwin
Personal
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
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.