Walter Adams (historian)

Walter Adams, c1965

Sir Walter Adams (OBE, 1945; CMG, 1952; Kt, 1970) (1906- May 21, 1975) was a historian and educationalist. He was educated at University College London and was a Lecturer in History there between 1926-1934.

Notable milestones in Adams' life include:

• a Rockefeller Fellow in the USA, (1929-1930);
• the Organising Secretary, Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, (1931);
• the Secretary, Academic Assistance Council, (1933-1938); Secretary, London School of Economics, (1938-1946);
• the Deputy Head of British Political Warfare Mission, USA, (1942-1944);
• the Assistant Deputy Director-General of the Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, (1945);
• the Secretary of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies, (1946-1955);
• Principal, College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, (1955-1967);
• Director, London School of Economics, (1967-1974).

References

• "Former Directors of the LSE". LSE.ac.uk. London School of Economics. http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/meetthedirector/formerDirectorsAndLsesHistory.htm. Retrieved May 2009. 
• "Walter adams, educator, dead". The New York Times: p. 42. May 21, 1975. http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/docview/120404986/13343F3706B3AB9467F/2?accountid=13800. Retrieved November 26, 2011. "Sir Walter Adams, the controversial former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science...died here today of a heart attack." 

Educational offices
Preceded by Sydney Caine	Director of the London School of Economics 1967 – 1974	Succeeded by Ralf Dahrendorf