Background
Adams, Harold William was born on October 8, 1910 in Newport Beach, California, United States. Son of William L. and Mary E. Adams.
Adams, Harold William was born on October 8, 1910 in Newport Beach, California, United States. Son of William L. and Mary E. Adams.
Graduate aeronautical engineering in aircraft design, University Southern California, 1930.
Group leader Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, California, 1930—1941, chief mechanical and equipment section. El Segundo, 1941—1945, assistant chief design engineer Santa Monica, 1945—1960, Long Beach, 1945—1960. Chief designer McDonnell-Douglas, 1961—1971.
Retired
1st chairman Society Automotive Engineers Committee A6, 1931—1945.
Member of Commodore, Southern California Yachting Association (commodore).
Married Nonalila Toledo, February 1993. Children: Mary, Nancy, Marites, Noime, Ana, Realyn.