Background
Adams, George Donald was born on July 17, 1940 in Barre, Vermont, United States. Son of George Lester and Dorothy May (Flint) Adams.
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museum external affairs director
Adams, George Donald was born on July 17, 1940 in Barre, Vermont, United States. Son of George Lester and Dorothy May (Flint) Adams.
Bachelor of Science in Public Relations, Boston University, 1962. Master of Science in Public Relations, Boston University, 1989.
Public relations assistant, Publicity Inc., Boston, 1962;
graduate teaching assistant, Boston University, 1963;
director public relations, Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, Maine., 1963-1966;
director public relations, Defiance (Ohio) College, 1966-1974;
director external affairs, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1974-1996;
director marketing and visitor programs, Automotive Hall of Fame, since 1996. Marketing public affairs consultant cultural institutions, since 1984. Faculty U. Kansas Museum Marketing Institute, since 1996.
Adjunct instructor music marketing Eastern Michigan U., since 1990. Faculty Colonial Williamsburg Seminar on Management, 1983-1985. Faculty music management University of California, Berkeley, 1987.
Board directors National Council Travel Attractions, since 1986. Delegate White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, 1995. Vice chair National Council Travel Attractions, 1994-1997.
Co-chair American Association Museum Tourism Council, 1996-1997.
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Member Michigan State Sesquicentennial Projects Committee, 1986-1987, International Council Museum Public Relations Committee, since 1985. Member State of Michigan Task Force on Cutlural Tourism, 1997. Member Society of America Travel Writers (Phoenix committee chairman 1988), Dearborn Chamber of Commerce, The Wheelmen, The Southern Veterinary Cycle Club England, The Fellowship Cycling Old Timers England.