Background
Adams, James Edward was born on July 5, 1898 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. Son of David William Henry and Annie Lee (Alley) Adams.
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James Edward Adams
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AB, William Jewell College, 1920; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1922; student, University Wisconsin, 1924; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1936.
Career
Member of staff, Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, 1922-1923; instructor chemistry, North Dakota Agriculture College, 1923-1925; soil technologist, plant biochemist, United States Department of Agriculture, South Carolina., Texas, 1928-1942; senior agronomist, superintendent, Delta Experiment Station, Mississippi, 1942-1946; head department agronomy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1946-1955; dean agriculture, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1955-1956; dean agriculture, director Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Ext., U. Nevada, 1956-1963; agricultural research administrator, Agency for International Development, Amman, Jordan, from 1963.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Society Agronomy, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Future Farmers American, Soil Science Society American, Texas Academy Science, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, others M C.
Connections
Married Conradina Henrietta Lommel, August 23, 1924.
