Background
Adams, Robert Francis was born on May 11, 1912 in Anson, Kansas, United States. Son of Jesse Wilson and Mable Laura (McCort) Adams.
Adams, Robert Francis was born on May 11, 1912 in Anson, Kansas, United States. Son of Jesse Wilson and Mable Laura (McCort) Adams.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, 1936; Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1937.
Graduate research assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1936-1937; engineer in soils laboratory, Kansas Highway Commission, Topeka, 1937-1938; engineer in Research and Development laboratory, Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1938-1943; instructor, Kansas State University, 1943-1944; supervisor concrete mix & cement laboratory, United States Bureau Reclamation, Denver, 1946-1957; supervisor concrete laboratory, California Department Water Resources, Sacramento, 1957-1975; staff concrete engineer, California Department Water Resources, Sacramento, 1966-1975; principal engineer, Morrison Knudsen Engineers, San Francisco, 1975-1977; consulting concrete engineer, 1977-1997.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve retired. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute (technical committee 1946-1996). Member American Society for Testing and Materials, Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dorothy Raburn, March 19, 1938. Children: George William, Roberta.