Helen Schmidlen Adams

Background

Adams, Helen Schmidlen was born on November 18, 1935 in Sheffield, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Otto Oscar and Mamie (Hertig) Schmidlen.

Education

Bachelor, Juniata College, 1957.

Career

Secondary English teacher Stratford (Iowa) Community Schools, 1957-1958. Public relations assistant Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1958-1959. Secondary English teacher Hempfield School District, Landisville, 1963-1968.

Coordinator women in politics Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Young Women’s Christian Association, 1990-1993. President Juniata College National Alumni Association, Huntingdon, 1986-1987. Member community advisory board Junior League of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1990-1992, 94-96, trustee Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1991-1994, member trustees' council, since 1997, co-chair Celebration of Juniata Women Conference, 2001.

Achievements

• Helen Schmidlen Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Volunteer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Penn Laurel council Girl Scouts United States of America, 1975-1996, vice president, 1982-1986. Board directors Planned Parenthood Lancaster County, 1992-1993, Lancaster Young Women’s Christian Association, 1982-1989, Lancaster Daycare Center, 1981-1982, Lancaster Citizen Scholarship Foundation, 1977-1979. Organizing chairman Lancaster County Commission for Women, 1990-1991.

Member organizing board Women's Alliance, Lancaster, 1991. Member Lancaster Township Planning Commission, 1992-1993. Supervisor Lancaster Township, since 1993.

Chairperson Lancaster Intermcpl. Committee, 1997; member citizens advisory committee to Chesapeake Executive Council, 1997-2001. Member Chesapeake Bay Program's Community Watershed Task Force, 1999-2001, Lancaster Township Republican Committee, 1996-2000.

Chair, board supervisors Lancaster Township, 2005. Member American Association of University Women (Lancaster branch president 1975-1977, board directors Pennsylvania 1981-1984, treasurer 1984-1986, Woman of Year 1985).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, birding, fly fishing.

Connections

Married William Harold Adams, June 28, 1957. Children: Debra A. McGregor, Kurt William.

Father:

Otto Oscar Schmidlen

Mother:

Mamie (Hertig) Schmidlen

Spouse:

William Harold Adams

child:

Kurt William Adams

child:

Debra A. McGregor Adams