Background
Adams, Jean Ruth was born on August 17, 1928 in Edgewater Park, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Herbert Raymond and Gertrude Gladys (Budd) A. Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1950, Doctor of Philosophy (Trubeck fellow), 1962. Registered profile entomologist.
Laboratory technician Rohm & Haas Company, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1951-1957.
Education
Postdoctoral fellow University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1961-1962. Research entomologist United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Center, Beltville, Maryland., 1962-1996, collaborator, 1996. Consultant insect pathology, electron microscopy.
Career
Editor: Atlas of Invertebrate Viruses, 1991, Insect Potpourri: Adventures in Entomology, 1992.
Membership
Member nominating committee District of Columbia Baptist Convention, 1977-1979, director Acteens, Mission Youth Organisation, District of Columbia Baptist Convention, 1972-1987, 88, Sunday school teacher 1st Baptist Church, Hyattsville, Maryland., 1962, chairman Christian education board, 1973-1974. Member editorial board Journal Invertebrate Pathology, 1986-1989. Member American RegisteredProfl.
Entomologists (board directors Chesapeake chapter 1989, president 1991-1993, secretary-treasurer 1997), Electron Microscopy Society American (chairman science exhibits annual meeting 1982), Entomological Society American, American Society for Cell Biology, Society for Invertebrate Pathology (secretary 1982-1984), Washington Society for Electron Microscopy (county 1976-1983, secretary-treasurer 1976-1978, 80-82), Washington Entomological Society, Maryland.
Entomological Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon.