William Wells Adams

Background

Adams, William Wells was born on July 23, 1937 in Redlands, California, United States. Son of William Watson and Helen Ruth (Wells) Adams.

Education

AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1964.

Career

Instructor, assistant professor mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1969; associate professor, then professor mathematics, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1969. Program director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1986-1988. Visiting positions Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1966-1967, 68, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968, Imperial College, London, 1975, Technion U., Haifa, Israel, 1983-1984.

Editor for number theory: Proceedings of the American Mathematics Society, Providence, since 1988.

Achievements

• William Wells Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Shaw, June 28, 1964. Children: Ruth Ellen, Sarah Allison.

Father:

William Watson Adams

Mother:

Helen Ruth (Wells) Adams

Spouse:

Elizabeth Shaw

child:

Sarah Allison Adams

child:

Ruth Ellen Adams