Richard Crittenden Adams

Background

Adams, Richard Crittenden was born on May 4, 1945 in Brevard County, Florida, United States. Son of Claude Willard Junior and Jeanne (Cassels) Adams.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, History, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970; Master of Arts in Biology, Computers, Physics, U. Oregon, 1975.

Career

High school teacher, district computer coordinator, Pleasant Hill (Oregon) High School, since 1970. Adjunct faculty Maryhurst College, since 1982, Western Oregon State College, since 1991. President Adams' Soft Enterprises, Springfield Oregon.

Lecturer U. Oregon, Eugene. Presenter National Conference Computers in Education, Dallas, 1988.

Achievements

• Richard Crittenden Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Science Teachers Association (national conference lecturer 1989, member computer task force), Oregon Science Teachers Association (lecturer since 1983), Oregon Association Talented and Gifted (lecturer since 1976), Northwest Council for Computers in Education (lecturer since 1981), Appleugene Club (Eugene, vice president 1983-1989).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, calligraphy, trivia, reading, cross-country skiing.

Connections

Married Nancy Payne, November 28, 1975 (divorced 1986). Children: Colin Cameron, Gabrielle Jeanne.

Father:

Claude Willard Adams Junior

Mother:

Jeanne (Cassels) Adams

Spouse:

Nancy Payne

child:

Colin Cameron Adams

child:

Gabrielle Jeanne Adams