Philanthropist, author, educator. After her marriage to George Adamson, educator founder and President of the Adamson University of Chemical Engineering in the Philippine Islands, she moved there and became the Dean of Student Education. During World War II, being an American, she was asked to become a civilian employee for the Department of the Army and as such had a job with a desk just feet away from General Douglas MacArthur typing his orders. After the Japanese occupation of the Philippines she lived for 3 years under grueling circumstances and was severely injured from shrapnel injuries and resulted in her having some 32 operations over the years. In 1982 she was one of few American civilian people to receive the Purple Heart from the government. She was also co-founder of the Pacific Asian Museum in Pasadena. She was listed in an edition of Who's Who of American Women, was on the Board of Directors of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the author of an autobiography entitled "Gods, Angels, & Roses".
Philanthropist, author, educator. After her marriage to George Adamson, educator founder and President of the Adamson University of Chemical Engineering in the Philippine Islands, she moved there and became the Dean of Student Education. During World War II, being an American, she was asked to become a civilian employee for the Department of the Army and as such had a job with a desk just feet away from General Douglas MacArthur typing his orders. After the Japanese occupation of the Philippines she lived for 3 years under grueling circumstances and was severely injured from shrapnel injuries and resulted in her having some 32 operations over the years. In 1982 she was one of few American civilian people to receive the Purple Heart from the government. She was also co-founder of the Pacific Asian Museum in Pasadena. She was listed in an edition of Who's Who of American Women, was on the Board of Directors of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the author of an autobiography entitled "Gods, Angels, & Roses".
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