Rolland Leroy Adams

Background

Adams, Rolland Leroy was born on December 27, 1904 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lemuel B. and Carrie (Snyder) Adams.

Education

Student Dickinson College and Law School, 1922-1925. Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College 1966.

Career

Teller, 1st National Bank, Newport, Pennsylvania, 1925. Bank examiner, Pennsylvania, 1925-1929. Assistant to president Evangelical Presbyterian Wilbur Trust Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1929-1930.

With Bethlehem Globe Public Company, 1930-1933, general manager, 1933-1952, public, president, 1952-1967, Chairman of the Board, 1967-1979.

Chairman of the Board City News Company Bethlehem, Incorporated. President Times Public Company, Quaker State Coca-Cola Bottling Company (all Bethlehem), A.B.E. Broadcasting Company Chairman Bethlehem Community Chest Campaign, 1949, Saint Luke’s Hospital (Bethlehem) Expansion Campaign, 1952.

Organizer, chairman Northampton County Civil Defense Council, 1941-1942. Member Government’s Hospital Study Commission, 1958-1979.

Trustee Saint Luke’s Hospital, Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Achievements

• Rolland Leroy Adams has been listed as a noteworthy publisher. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Government’s Hospital Study Commission, 1958-1979. Trustee Saint Luke’s Hospital, Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Member American, Pennsylvania (president 1956.

Member), Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Methodist Episcopalian. Clubs: National Press.

(Washington).

Connections

Married Pauline South. Homback, June 26, 1930. Children: Nancy A. (Mistress Donald Taylor), Marcia South. (Mistress George L. Roehr), Mary H. (Mistress John F. Sitzer, Junior.

Father:

Lemuel B. Adams

Mother:

Carrie (Snyder) Adams

Spouse:

Pauline South. Homback

child:

Junior Adams

child:

Nancy A. Adams (Mistress Donald Taylor)

child:

Mary H. (Mistress John F. Sitzer Adams

child:

Marcia South. Adams (Mistress George L. Roehr)