David S. Cunningham Jr.
David Surmier Cunningham Jr. (June 24, 1935 – November 15, 2017) was a business executive who was elected to the Los Angeles City Council to replace Tom Bradley, who had been elected mayor that year. He represented the 10th district until 1987, when he resigned. Biography Cunningham was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Eula Mae Lawson Cunningham and David S. Cunningham Sr. He received an associate degree from Stowe Teachers College in St. Louis, Missouri, and was in the U.S. Air Force as a cartographer until 1960. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from the University of California, Riverside, in 1962; the following year he did an internship with the Coro Foundation intership program in Public Affairs after which he served as Administrative Aide to Assemblyman Charles Warren while attending Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Subsequently, he then moved to Lagos, Nigeria, to become West Africa regional manager for the DuKane Corporation. After leaving Nigeria after 2 years, he was manager of community relations for Hughes. In 1968 in concert with Ted Short, they founded the Los Angeles consulting firm of Cunningham Short and Associates. In 1969, Ron Berryman join the firm renaming the consulting