Background
Adams, Francis LEe was born on June 28, 1906 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Margaretta (Hinton) Adams.
Adams, Francis LEe was born on June 28, 1906 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Margaretta (Hinton) Adams.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University North Carolina, 1929. Postgraduate in Water Power Engineering, Lowell Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1930.
Student engineer Southern Railway, 1927-1928. Structural designer Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, 1929-1931. Assistant engineer Office Municipal Architect District of Columbia, 1931-1932, Public Utilities Commission District of Columbia, 1932-1933.
Engineer investigator Public Works Administration, Washington, 1933. With Federal Power Commission, 1934-1962, associate engineer national power survey, 1934-1936. Hydraulic engineer Denver regional office, 1936-1938, senior engineer, assistant regional director, 1938-1941.
Regional administrator Fort Worth regional office, 1941-1945. Assistant chief Bureau Power, Washington, 1945-1951, chief, 1951-1962. Also chief engineer Federal Power Commission, 1958-1962.
Assistant vice president Pacific Power & Light Company, 1964-1971. Consultant engineer, since 1971. Associate Overseas Advisory Associates, Inc., 1975-1982.
Member International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 1958-1962, Niagara Board Control, St. Lawrence River Board Control, St. Lawrence River Joint Board Engineers, Passamaquoddy Engineering Board. Official United States delegations World Power Conference and International Congress on Large Dams, New Delhi, 1951, International Association Hydraulic Research, Bombay, 1951, International Conference Large Electric High-Tension Systems ( International Council on Large Electric Systems (in French: Conseil International des Grands Réseaux Électriques, abbreviated CIGRÉ)), Paris, 1952. Chairman United States delegate World Power Conference, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1957, United States delegations World Power Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1958, United States delegate World Power Conference, Madrid, 1960.
Chairman United States national committee World Power Conference (now World Energy Conference), 1960, 61.
Member; Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life). Member Washington Society Engineers (life), Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Lucy Gray Gibson, June 4, 1938. Children: Virginia Gibson (Mistress Marx Holder), Ann Fairfax (Mistress George Gerald Marburger, Junior).