Background
Adams, Clifford Emerson was born in Harper, Kansas, United States. Son of Walter Emerson and Lucy Alice (Coleman) Adams.
Service and light manufacturing company owner
Adams, Clifford Emerson was born in Harper, Kansas, United States. Son of Walter Emerson and Lucy Alice (Coleman) Adams.
Student, Wichita Business College, 1937-1938.
Sales manager, Stoody Company, Whittier, California, 1943-1944; founder, manager, Adams Hard Facing Company, Wakita, Oklahoma, 1946-1950; president, founder, Adams Alloy Company, Wakita, 1947-1955; president, Adams Hard Facing Company, Guymon, Oklahoma, 1955-1960; president, Adams Hard Facing Company, Shafter, California, 1960-1967; president, founder, Adams Manufacturing Company, Shafter, 1965-1967; president, founder, Adams Manufacturing Company, Casa Grande, Arizona, 1965-1968; president, founder, Feed Builders, Inc., Shafter, California, 1967-1970; president, founder, Fil-T-Vac Corporation, Tempe, Arizona, 1972-1977; president, founder, Re-Cy-Kleen, Inc., Riverside, California, since 1977. Co-founder Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, St. Louis, 1947, National Welding Supply Association, Philadelphia, 1948. Speaker American Welding Supply, 1948.
Board of directors Oklahoma Development Council, Oklahoma City, 1947, Guymon Chamber of Commerce, 1956, National Security Council/California, Washington, 1985-1988. With United States Navy, 1944-1945. Member Association Energy Engineers, Institute Heating & Air Conditioning, Rotary (president-elect Shafter chapter 1967), Lions (president Wakita chapter 1946), Masons (32d degree, Scottish Rite), Shriners.
Married Mary Lois Lamont, august 14, 1940 (deceased January 1982). Children: Elizabeth Ann Cason, BarbaraJane jenkins, Judith Kathryn Craig. Married Eleanor Geneva Knight, March 1, 1983.