Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
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