Background
Adams, Robert Franklin was born on July 10, 1907 in Jackson, Alabama, United States. Son of David and Lucy (Lee) Adams.
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Robert Franklin Adams
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Public schools, Jackson, Alabama University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1927. Bachelor of Laws, 1937).
Career
Worked at Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon and Harris, Limited liability company Admitted to the bar, 1937, Alabama. 1941, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1964, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Farrah Order of Jurisprudence.
Member, Administrative Conference of United States, 1973-1976. Member: Mobile (President, 1949) and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar; American Judicature Society.
Fellow, International Society of Barristers.
Achievements
Membership
Past president Council of Social Agencies. Past president Mobile Opera Guild. Life trustee Mobile Infirmary.
Member Administrative Conference of the United States, 1973-1976. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Mobile Bar Association (past president), International Society Barristers, Farrah Order Jurisprudence (president 1975-1976), Society Hospital Attorneys of America Hospital Association, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce (past treasurer, board directors), Mobile Country Club, Bienville Club (past. governor), Kiwanis, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Chi.
Connections
Married Margaret Crossley, June 30, 1939. Children: Robert Franklin, Mary Elizabeth Adams Perry, Laura Adams Phillips.
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Religion
Baptist
Education
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1927
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1937