Background
Adams, William Mansfield was born on February 19, 1932 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Son of Shirah Devoy and Olive (Goding) Adams.
Adams, William Mansfield was born on February 19, 1932 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Son of Shirah Devoy and Olive (Goding) Adams.
Bachelor of Arts (University scholar), University of Chicago, 1951; Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1953; Master of Science (Gulf scholar), St. Saint Louis University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1957; Master of Business Administration, Santa Clara U., 1964; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1970.
Instrument man, Shell Oil Corporation, Merced, California, 1953;
geophysical trainee, Stanolind Oil Corporation, New Orleans, 1953;
geophysical trainee, Western Geophysical Company, Rankin, Texas, 1954;
technical officer, Government Canada, Ottawa, 1956;
chief seismologist, Geotech Corporation, Laramie, Wyoming, 1957-1959;
program technical director, University of California, Livermore, 1959-1962;
president, Planetary Sciences, Inc., Santa Clara, California, 1962-1964;
professor geophysics, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1964;
research associate geology department, Western Washington U., Bellingham, since 1990;
exchange professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1975-1976. Invited professor hydrology Lomonosov U., Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization expert seismology International Institute Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute, Tokyo, 1971-1972.
Visiting fellow Co-operation Institute Research in Environmental Sciences, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1970-1971. Research oceanographer Atlantic Marine and Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, 1979-1980. Consultant Del E. Webb, Kahuku Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 1969, Oceanic Properties, Lanai City, Lanai, Hawaii, 1969, C. Brewer Company, Punaluu, Hawaii, 1970, 74, Desert Research Institute U. Nevada, 1983.
Member American Geophysical Union, Geological Society American, Seismological Society American (editor Bull 1962-1965), Acoustical Society American, Society Exploration Geophysicists (life), American Association of University Professors, European Association Exploration Geophysicists, European Geophysical Society, Tsunami Society (founder, honorary member), Natural Hazards Society (founder), Fulbright Alumni Association (life, Hawaii chapter), Association Geoscientists for International Development, Sigma Xi (life).
Married Roberta Kay Blackwell, July23, 1955. Children: William Mansfield, Johnathan Blackwell, Christopher Daniel. Married Naoko Nakashizuka, 1976.
Children: Henele Iitaka, Alden Fernald.