Thomas Boylston Adams | |
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| Born | (1910-07-25)July 25, 1910 |
| Died | June 4, 1997(1997-06-04) (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Spouse | Ramelle Frost Cochrane |
| Children | 5 |
| Family | Adams |
Thomas Boylston Adams (July 25, 1910 – June 4, 1997)[1] was an American business executive, writer, academician, and political candidate.
Adams was born on July 25, 1910, inKansas City, Missouri. His parents were John Francis Adams and Marian Morse Adams, and his grandfather wasCharles Francis Adams Jr., through whom he was a member of theAdams political family of Massachusetts and a descendant of American presidentsJohn Adams andJohn Quincy Adams. He was named for John Quincy Adams's brotherThomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), whose son also shared the same name.[2]
Adams was graduated from theGroton School and then attended Harvard College. He was a captain in theUnited States Army Air Corps during World War II, a vice president of theSheraton Corporation of America from 1954 to 1963, and president of Adams Securities from 1964 to 1968.[2]
Adams was president of theMassachusetts Historical Society (1957–1975) and treasurer of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955–1990). He was a trustee of the Adams papers (a collection of 300,000 pages of diaries, letters and other writings papers from four generations of his family) and helped organize them for public use. He was a columnist forThe Boston Globe from 1974 to 1991.[2]
In 1966, Adams, an early and vocal opponent of theVietnam War, ran a quixotic campaign as a peace candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate,[2][3] against two far better-known candidates: former governorEndicott Peabody and Boston mayorJohn F. Collins. Adams got about 8% of the vote as Peabody won the nomination (and was easily defeated in turn by RepublicanEdward Brooke). He ran for Congress in 1968 and was a delegate to the1972 Democratic National Convention.[1]
Adams was married for 57 years to the former Ramelle Frost Cochrane; the couple had five children.[2]
Adams died on June 4, 1997, inLincoln, Massachusetts.
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