Background
ADAMS, Walter A. was born on December 16, 1887 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Alexander and Sarah Elvira (Taylor) Adams.
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Walter A. ADAMS
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Clemson College, South Carolina. Georgetown University, Bachelor of Laws, 1913.
Career
Vice Consul, Shanghai, 1916, at Batavia, 1918. Appointed Vice Consul, class 3, 1919. Assigned to Canton, 1920.
Appointed Vice Consul, class 2, 1920, assigned to Swatow, 1920. To Changsha, 1921, to Tsingtao, 1921. Appointed Vice Consul, class 1, 1921.
Consul, class 7, 1922. Remained at Tsingtao on detail. Appointed Consul of class 6, 1923.
Foreign Service Officer, class 7, 1924, class 6, 1924, assigned to Chungking, 1925. Class 5, 1926, class 4, 1928. Assigned to Hankow, 1928, to Nanking, 1929.
Class 3, 1930.
Membership
Clubs: Tsingtao International, International (Nanking).
