Background
Adams, William Hensley was born on August 14, 1929 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Hensley and Mary Pauline (Vaughn) Adams.
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William Hensley Adams
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AB, U. Tennessee, 1951; postgraduate, U. Oklahoma, 1951; postgraduate, Tulane University, 1953-1954; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Auburn U., 1959.
Career
Graduate research assistant, Auburn U., 1956-1959;
senior research biologist, Tennessee Game and Fish Commission, 1959-1960;
department chairman biology, professor biology, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1960-1964;
dean College Arts and Sciences, Tennessee Wesleyan College
professor biology, Tennessee Technological U., Cookeville, 1964-1966;
with division pre-coil. education in science, National Science Foundation, 1966-1968;
division undergraduate education in science, National Science Foundation, 1969-1973;
division higher education in science, National Science Foundation, 1973-1975;
division science education development and research, National Science Foundation, 1975-1977;
division science improvement, National Science Foundation, 1977-1981;
consultant, since 1981;
president, BIADA Construction Development Company and Empire Realty Investment Company, Vienna, Virginia, 1990-1992;
broker, Shipyard Real Estate, Hilton Head, South Carolina., since 1992. Member National Science Foundation Research Participation for College Teachers Highlands Biological Station, 1961, National Science Foundation Summer Institute Radiation Biology Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1961, National Science Foundation Summer Institute Comparative Anatomy Harvard, 1962, National Science Foundation Summer Institute Marine Biology Duke Marine Laboratory, 1963, National Science Foundation-Tennessee Academy Science Visiting Scientist Program, 1962-1966. Director National Science Foundation Cooperative College- School Science Program, 1963-1965.
Member Commission Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences Southeastern Regional Conference, 1965, Advanced Placement Reader in Biology, 1965. Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Sciences Radiation Biology Conference, 1965.
Achievements
Membership
Member Savanah River Site Citizens Advisory Board Served lieutenant colonel Medical Service Corps, United States Air Force, 1951-1953, 68-69. Fellow Explorers Club. Member American Society Mammalogists (honorarium 1959), American Ornithologists Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Wildlife Society.
Connections
Children: Deska Lee, Norma Dee, Anita Rice, Patricia Lynn.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Sigma Xi-Research Engineering Society American grant-in-aid, 1960-1961, Tennessee Wesleyan College Faculty award, 1962, Tennessee Technological U. faculty research grant, 1966.Recipient Sigma Xi-Research Engineering Society American grant-in-aid, 1960-1961, Tennessee Wesleyan College Faculty award, 1962, Tennessee Technological U. faculty research grant, 1966.