Background
Adams, Phelps Haviland was born on December 14, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Ethelbert and Mary Aurora (Haviland) Adams.
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Phelps Haviland Adams
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Phelps Haviland Adams, American Former public relations executive. Recipient Freedoms Foundation Honor award, 1950; Gold Plate award American Academy Achievement, 1967. Board of directors Church at Litchfield Park (Arizona), 1984. Member Public Relations Seminar (chairman 1959-1960), Sigma Delta Chi.
Education
Student, University Colorado, 1919-1922; Bachelor of Letters, Columbia University, 1924; student, London School of Economics, 1924; student, The Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1925.
Career
Columbia correspondent, New York Herald, 1923; reporter, New York Sun, 1926; then Washington correspondent, New York Sun, 1929-1950; sent to Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to do special series entitled The Truth About Palestine, New York Sun, October-December 1937; war correspondent aboard, United States Ship Enterprise, off Japan, April 1945; special assistant to assistant to chairman, United States Steel Corporation, 1950-1955; executive director public relations and assistant to chairman, United States Steel Corporation, 1955-1957; vice president public relations, United States Steel Corporation, 1957-1963; administrative vice president public relations, United States Steel Corporation, 1964-1967; President, Litchfield Park (Arizona) library association, 1970-1971.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Church at Litchfield Park (Arizona), 1984. Member Public Relations Seminar (chairman 1959-1960), Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Alfalfa, Gridiron (president 1948) (Washington).
Wigwam Golf and Country (Litchfield Park, Arizona).
Connections
Married Ruth E. Hollinger, June 18, 1928.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1922
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1924
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1924
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1925
Career
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1923
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1926
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1929 - 1950
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1970 - 1971