Background
Sr., Ralph Wyatt Adams was born on June 4, 1915 in Samson, Alabama, United States. Son of Alfred E. and Eunice M. (Clements) A.
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Ralph Wyatt Adams Sr.
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Education
AB, Birmingham-Southern College, 1937; Bachelor of Laws, U. Alabama, 1940; Doctor of Laws, U. Alabama, 1965; Juris Doctor, U. Alabama, 1969; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1958; postgraduate, George Washington University, 1960; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1966; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1981; postgraduate, Jesus College, University of Oxford, 1983; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Faulkner U., 1988.
Career
Attorney, deputy superintendent, Alabama Department Insurance, 1945-1946; judge, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1946-1947; founder, Academy Life Insurance Company, Denver, 1957; teacher life insurance, U. Colorado deputy dean, acting dean, Air Force Law School, Air U. president, Troy (Alabama) State University, 1964-1985; chancellor, Troy (Alabama) State University, 1986-1989; emeritus, Troy (Alabama) State University, 1989. Chairman Adams Life Insurance Company. Board directors South Trust Bank.
Achievements
Membership
Former member, chairman State Pers. Board Alabama, State Insurance Board Alabama. Chairman Alabama Oil and Gas Board, Presidential Clemency Board.
Commissioner Education communications of States. Past Alabama director Selective Svc. Past president Association Alabama College and U.Pres.'s and Adminstrs., Gulf South Conference.
Trustee, chairman Lyman Ward Military Academy, Camp Hill, Alabama. Member appeal board unites states department Education Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945. Major general Reserve.
Major general also Alabama Air National Guard. Member English Speaking Union (former national board directors), American Legion (state commander 1977-1978), Mortar Board, Phi Alpha Delta, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Delta Phi, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Tau Chi.
Connections
Married Dorothy Kelly, September 5, 1942. Children: Ralph Wyatt, Kelly Clements (Mistress James B. Allen, Junior), Samuel.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, Order of the Rising SunGovt. of Japan, 1989. Alumnus of Year award Birmingham-Southern College, 1978. Named to Alabama Academy Honor, 1977, ICMS Newspaper Carrier Hall of Fame, 1979. Man of Year Troy, 1968, 75. Algernon Sydney Sullivan, 1982;Marion Military Institute Alumnus of Year, 1993.Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, Order of the Rising SunGovt. of Japan, 1989. Alumnus of Year award Birmingham-Southern College, 1978. Named to Alabama Academy Honor, 1977, ICMS Newspaper Carrier Hall of Fame, 1979.
Man of Year Troy, 1968, 75. Algernon Sydney Sullivan, 1982;Marion Military Institute Alumnus of Year, 1993.