Stewart Lee Adams

Background

Adams, Stewart Lee was born on June 18, 1949 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Earl Junior and Henrietta Harriet (Jones) Adams.

Education

Associate of Arts, Blackhawk Junior College, Moline, Illinois, 1969; Bachelor, Illinois State University, 1971; Master of Arts, Illinois State University, 1974; postgraduate, Illinois State University, since 1993.

Career

Special education teacher, Rock Island (Illinois)-Milan School District 41, since 1972. Chair, vice chair Illinois State Advisory Council for Special Education, Springfield, 1984-1992, Illinois congressional contact #17 National Education Association, Washington, 1982-1994. Peer monitor special education Illinois State Board Education, Springfield, since 1992, peer monitor higher education, since 1992.

Vice president Cmty. Svc. Options, Rock Island-Mercer County, 1994-1997, president, since 1997. Appointed member State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities, since 1996.

Achievements

• Stewart Lee Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Special education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member disabled transit committee Quad Cities Mass Transit District, Davenport, Iowa, since 1993. Panel member Governor Thompson's Education Summits, Springfield, Illinois, 1989-1990. Member ASCD, National Education Association (caucus member special education 1980-1994), Illinois Education Association (board member, chair region 18 1982-1988, Illinois Political Action Committee for Education 1986-1988), Rock Island Education Association (Vice-President 1992-1994).

Interests

• Avocation: geneology.

Connections

Married Ann Edwards, October 12, 1985 (divorced November 1989).

Father:

Robert Earl Adams Junior

Mother:

Henrietta Harriet (Jones) Adams

Spouse:

Ann Edwards