Background
Bird, John Adams was born on April 3, 1937 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederic Henry and Dorothy Lucy (Jones) Bird.
Bird, John Adams was born on April 3, 1937 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederic Henry and Dorothy Lucy (Jones) Bird.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1959; postgraduate, Law School, University of Virginia, 1959-1960; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1965.
Teacher history, political science, English Landon School, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1965; assistant headmaster, Lake Forest (Illinois) Country Day School, 1965-1970; headmaster, Ferry Hall School, Lake Forest, 1970-1974; headmaster, Holland Hall School, Tulsa, 1974-1984; headmaster, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Missoury, 1984-1989; president, John Bird Associations, since 1989.
Chairman Penobscot Bay Medical Center, 1992-1994, Council for Religion in Inds. School, 1993-1995, Northeast Health, 1995-1997, Northeast Health Foundation, since 1998. Chair Island Institute, since 2007.
President Lincoln St. Center Arts and Education, 2000-2005. Senior churchwarden Episcopal Church, 1980-1984, 2004^. Member Indiana Schools Association Central States (chairman 1988-1990), Indiana Schools Association Southwest (president 1980-1982), Indiana Schools Association Greater Chicago (president 1973-1974), Headmasters Association, Kansas City Indiana Schools Association (president 1988-1989), National Association Indiana Schools (national director 1982-1987), Country Day School Headmasters' Association, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Mary Alice Hocker, June 11, 1960. Children: Edith Simonton, John Adams, Sarah Hocker.