Background
Adlum, Merle Daniel was born on February 21, 1919 in Friday Harbor, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jack Daniel and Anna Ruth (Barene) Adlum.
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Merle Daniel Adlum
Edit ProfileEducation
Graduated from the high school.
Career
Official, Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, 1954-1965;
official, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, Seattle, 1954-1979;
president, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, 1967-1979;
vice president, Seafarers International Union N. American, 1969-1979. Trustee Puget Sound Maritime Trades Department, 1961-1986, vice president, 1976-1978, president, 1978-1986. President North by Northwest Adventureres, Inc., Seattle, 1969-1972, Northwest Marine Training Program.
Member Port Seattle Commission, 1963-1983, president, 1967, 71, 75, 80. Member Washington Canal Commission, 1965-1986. Now chairman; member Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, 1956-1986, chairman, 1970-1986.
Member statewide task force Alternatives for Washington. Secretary Seattle King County Economics Development Advisory Committee, 1972-1980. Now chairman; chairman Economics Development Advisory Committee, Marine Firemen Protection Working Committee.
Board directors Economics Development District Central Puget Sound, Economics Development Council, Evergreen Safety Council, American Red Cross, Council for Washington's Future, Downtown Coordinating Committee, Washington State Trade Fair, Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Council.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1967-1986. Trustee Coast Guard Museum Northwest Served with United States Navy, 1937-1939. Member Washington Public Ports Association, Pacific Coast Association Port Authorities (director 1964-1983), Northwest Waterways Association, Seattle Chamber of C. (trustee 1971-1986, member executive committee), Navy League, Japan American Society, World Affairs Council, Puget Sound Maritime History Society Clubs: Propeller Club, China Club.
Connections
Married Virginia L. Schultz, March 8, 1940 (divorced October 1986). Children: Virginia (Mistress Clifford Houser), Joan (Mistress James Chandler), Judy (Mistress Del Blanks), Merle Daniel (deceased), Jacquelyn Stropple, John E. (deceased), Cynthia A. Larsen. Married Miriam Del Duca Lippincott, October 9, 1986.
- Father:
- Jack Daniel Adlum
- Mother:
- Anna Ruth (Barene) Adlum
- Spouse:
- Virginia L. Schultz
- Spouse:
- Miriam Del Duca Lippincott
- child:
- Jacquelyn Stropple Adlum
- child:
- Virginia Adlum (Mistress Clifford Houser)
- child:
- John E. Adlum (deceased)
- child:
- Joan Adlum (Mistress James Chandler)
- child:
- Cynthia A. Larsen Adlum
- child:
- Merle Daniel Adlum (deceased)
- child:
- Judy Adlum (Mistress Del Blanks)
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Born
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Died
October 10, 1986 (aged 67) -
Resting place
Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle -
Nationality
American
Career
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1954 - 1965
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1954 - 1979
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1969 - 1979