Background
Adams, James Truslow was born on October 18, 1878 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William Newton and Elizabeth Harber (Truslow) Adams.
Adams, James Truslow was born on October 18, 1878 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William Newton and Elizabeth Harber (Truslow) Adams.
Bachelor of Arts, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1898. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1900. Doctor of Laws, Rhode Island State College, 1923 Doctor of Letters, Columbia University, 1924.
Doctor of Humane Letters from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1931, Lehigh University, 1933, University of Pittsburgh, 1939.
Little Doctorate. Princeton University, 1933, and New York University, 1937.
Member New York Stock Exchange firm until 1912. With Colonel House Commission to prepare data for Peace Conference, early in World War. Later captain Military Intelligence Division, General Staff United States Army.
Detailed special duty at Peace Conference, Paris, 1919.
Trustee of Bridgeport-People's Savings Bank.
Member New York Stock Exchange firm until 1912. Member American Academy Arts and Letters (chancellor and treasurer), National Institute Arts and Letters, Massachusetts History Society, American Antiquarian Society, American History Association (executive council 1927-1928), American Philosophical Society. Member New England History Genealogical Society, New York History Society.
Clubs: Century (New York City).
Member advisory council, Yale Review, 1926-1927. By request of senators appeared before Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to President's Supreme Court Plan, 1937.
Member Pulitzer prize jury in history, 1924-1932, chairman, 1930-1932.
Married Kathryn M. Seely, January 18, 1927.