Paul Atherton Kennon Jr. (January 27, 1934 – January 8, 1990), was an American architect, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University, Texas, US.
)[1] Kennon was recruited to Rice University as associate director of the School of Architecture and a teaching faculty member.
A college graduate, his mother for years was executive secretary at Arkansas-Louisiana CITGO.
In 1964, when blacks were still mostly disenfranchised in Louisiana, O'Hearn was elected at-large from Caddo Parish as a state representative.
He was one of two Republicans elected that year, the first to serve in the state house since Reconstruction.