Geoffrey Thomas Adams

Background

Adams, Geoffrey Thomas was born on October 6, 1933 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Son of Horace Edward Douglas and Gladys (Powell) Adams.

Education

Student, University Otago, Dunedin.

Career

Lead writer, Otago (New Zealand) Daily Times, 1962-1964, 68-76; department editor, Otago (New Zealand) Daily Times, 1976-1987; editor, Otago (New Zealand) Daily Times, since 1988; London correspondent, New Zealand Associated Press, 1964-1967. Chairman Commonwealth Press Union Editors' Committee, New Zealand, 1991-1993.

Achievements

• Geoffrey Thomas Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Dunedin (New Zealand) Sinfonia, 1986-1990. Chairman Otago committee National Children's Health Research Foundation, Dunedin, 1990-1995. Director Gibbson Valley Wines Ltd., Queenstown, New Zealand, since 1993.

Member New Zealand Branch Commonwealth Press Union (chairman since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: wine appreciation, music, art.

Connections

Married Florence Helen Fraser. Children: Jonathan, Peter, Gillian, Miranda.

Father:

Horace Edward Douglas Adams

Mother:

Gladys (Powell) Adams

Spouse:

Florence Helen Fraser

child:

Gillian Adams

child:

Peter Adams

child:

Jonathan Adams

child:

Miranda Adams