Glenn Arthur Adams, 68, of Everett, WA, died at home on December 30, 2001, after a long and very courageous battle with heart disease.
Glenn was preceded in death by parents Lester and Daisy Adams, and brother Harlan Anderson.
Glenn was born in Detroit, MI on September 28, 1933.
He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Charlotte Arlene; their four children: Kimberly Ellen Adams Beggs (Harry) of Tacoma, WA, Beth Arlene Schubkegel (Kevin) of St. Louis, MO, Kevin Glenn Adams (Jill) of Everett, Dawn Deanne Adams of Everett; and five very special grandchildren: Cole Peyton and Samantha Rene Adams, Kyler Kevin and Rylan Luke Schubkegel, and William Glenn (Billy) Beggs. Glenn also leaves behind sister Dorothy Whittemore, Eugene, OR; sister-in-law Lorraine Anderson, Trenton, MI; mother-in-law Rosemary Baker, Des Moines, WA; brother-in-law Nick (Lee) Baker, Roundhill, VA; special cousin David Abbott, Bainbridge, WA; special friend John Hamner, Mansfield, TX; and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Glenn's greatest joy and pleasure in life was his family. He freely provided each member with unconditional love and demonstrated a boundless sense of humor.
Glenn received his BA from Wayne State University in Detroit following two years of service in the U.S. Army in Japan. In 1959, he received his M.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene. It was at the U. of O. where he met his future wife and life partner, Arlene. They married in 1960 and began their life's journey together.
In 1962, Glenn moved his fledgling family to Everett, where he joined the faculty of Everett Junior College as a counselor. During the next 25 years of outstanding service to EvCC and the Washington State Community College system, his ideas, initiatives, and programs served as models of excellence for the many new schools that were established during the 1960's and 1970's. Glenn helped to establish EvCC's first counseling center, placement office, and women's program.
Glenn and Arlene published three editions of the NW Education/Employment Directory. Glenn was a leader in promoting vocational/ technical programs as viable alternatives to the traditional BA degree. In 1969, he began work on his Ph.D. at the University of Washington under a Kellogg Junior College Leadership grant and a Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the U.W. in Seattle. His doctoral dissertation won the College Placement Council's First Annual Award for Research, an international award.
Glenn was respected and admired by all who knew him. Life for his family will never be the same. We are thankful for his incredible legacy of love, laughter, and learning. At the insistent urging of his family, he wrote and recently published his life story. The book will help keep Glenn, Pop, Grandpa with us forever. He will be missed tremendously.
Glenn was preceded in death by parents Lester and Daisy Adams, and brother Harlan Anderson.
Glenn was born in Detroit, MI on September 28, 1933.
He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Charlotte Arlene; their four children: Kimberly Ellen Adams Beggs (Harry) of Tacoma, WA, Beth Arlene Schubkegel (Kevin) of St. Louis, MO, Kevin Glenn Adams (Jill) of Everett, Dawn Deanne Adams of Everett; and five very special grandchildren: Cole Peyton and Samantha Rene Adams, Kyler Kevin and Rylan Luke Schubkegel, and William Glenn (Billy) Beggs. Glenn also leaves behind sister Dorothy Whittemore, Eugene, OR; sister-in-law Lorraine Anderson, Trenton, MI; mother-in-law Rosemary Baker, Des Moines, WA; brother-in-law Nick (Lee) Baker, Roundhill, VA; special cousin David Abbott, Bainbridge, WA; special friend John Hamner, Mansfield, TX; and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Glenn's greatest joy and pleasure in life was his family. He freely provided each member with unconditional love and demonstrated a boundless sense of humor.
Glenn received his BA from Wayne State University in Detroit following two years of service in the U.S. Army in Japan. In 1959, he received his M.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene. It was at the U. of O. where he met his future wife and life partner, Arlene. They married in 1960 and began their life's journey together.
In 1962, Glenn moved his fledgling family to Everett, where he joined the faculty of Everett Junior College as a counselor. During the next 25 years of outstanding service to EvCC and the Washington State Community College system, his ideas, initiatives, and programs served as models of excellence for the many new schools that were established during the 1960's and 1970's. Glenn helped to establish EvCC's first counseling center, placement office, and women's program.
Glenn and Arlene published three editions of the NW Education/Employment Directory. Glenn was a leader in promoting vocational/ technical programs as viable alternatives to the traditional BA degree. In 1969, he began work on his Ph.D. at the University of Washington under a Kellogg Junior College Leadership grant and a Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the U.W. in Seattle. His doctoral dissertation won the College Placement Council's First Annual Award for Research, an international award.
Glenn was respected and admired by all who knew him. Life for his family will never be the same. We are thankful for his incredible legacy of love, laughter, and learning. At the insistent urging of his family, he wrote and recently published his life story. The book will help keep Glenn, Pop, Grandpa with us forever. He will be missed tremendously.
Glenn Arthur Adams, 68, of Everett, WA, died at home on December 30, 2001, after a long and very courageous battle with heart disease.
Glenn was preceded in death by parents Lester and Daisy Adams, and brother Harlan Anderson.
Glenn was born in Detroit, MI on September 28, 1933.
He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Charlotte Arlene; their four children: Kimberly Ellen Adams Beggs (Harry) of Tacoma, WA, Beth Arlene Schubkegel (Kevin) of St. Louis, MO, Kevin Glenn Adams (Jill) of Everett, Dawn Deanne Adams of Everett; and five very special grandchildren: Cole Peyton and Samantha Rene Adams, Kyler Kevin and Rylan Luke Schubkegel, and William Glenn (Billy) Beggs. Glenn also leaves behind sister Dorothy Whittemore, Eugene, OR; sister-in-law Lorraine Anderson, Trenton, MI; mother-in-law Rosemary Baker, Des Moines, WA; brother-in-law Nick (Lee) Baker, Roundhill, VA; special cousin David Abbott, Bainbridge, WA; special friend John Hamner, Mansfield, TX; and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Glenn's greatest joy and pleasure in life was his family. He freely provided each member with unconditional love and demonstrated a boundless sense of humor.
Glenn received his BA from Wayne State University in Detroit following two years of service in the U.S. Army in Japan. In 1959, he received his M.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene. It was at the U. of O. where he met his future wife and life partner, Arlene. They married in 1960 and began their life's journey together.
In 1962, Glenn moved his fledgling family to Everett, where he joined the faculty of Everett Junior College as a counselor. During the next 25 years of outstanding service to EvCC and the Washington State Community College system, his ideas, initiatives, and programs served as models of excellence for the many new schools that were established during the 1960's and 1970's. Glenn helped to establish EvCC's first counseling center, placement office, and women's program.
Glenn and Arlene published three editions of the NW Education/Employment Directory. Glenn was a leader in promoting vocational/ technical programs as viable alternatives to the traditional BA degree. In 1969, he began work on his Ph.D. at the University of Washington under a Kellogg Junior College Leadership grant and a Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the U.W. in Seattle. His doctoral dissertation won the College Placement Council's First Annual Award for Research, an international award.
Glenn was respected and admired by all who knew him. Life for his family will never be the same. We are thankful for his incredible legacy of love, laughter, and learning. At the insistent urging of his family, he wrote and recently published his life story. The book will help keep Glenn, Pop, Grandpa with us forever. He will be missed tremendously.
Glenn was preceded in death by parents Lester and Daisy Adams, and brother Harlan Anderson.
Glenn was born in Detroit, MI on September 28, 1933.
He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Charlotte Arlene; their four children: Kimberly Ellen Adams Beggs (Harry) of Tacoma, WA, Beth Arlene Schubkegel (Kevin) of St. Louis, MO, Kevin Glenn Adams (Jill) of Everett, Dawn Deanne Adams of Everett; and five very special grandchildren: Cole Peyton and Samantha Rene Adams, Kyler Kevin and Rylan Luke Schubkegel, and William Glenn (Billy) Beggs. Glenn also leaves behind sister Dorothy Whittemore, Eugene, OR; sister-in-law Lorraine Anderson, Trenton, MI; mother-in-law Rosemary Baker, Des Moines, WA; brother-in-law Nick (Lee) Baker, Roundhill, VA; special cousin David Abbott, Bainbridge, WA; special friend John Hamner, Mansfield, TX; and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Glenn's greatest joy and pleasure in life was his family. He freely provided each member with unconditional love and demonstrated a boundless sense of humor.
Glenn received his BA from Wayne State University in Detroit following two years of service in the U.S. Army in Japan. In 1959, he received his M.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene. It was at the U. of O. where he met his future wife and life partner, Arlene. They married in 1960 and began their life's journey together.
In 1962, Glenn moved his fledgling family to Everett, where he joined the faculty of Everett Junior College as a counselor. During the next 25 years of outstanding service to EvCC and the Washington State Community College system, his ideas, initiatives, and programs served as models of excellence for the many new schools that were established during the 1960's and 1970's. Glenn helped to establish EvCC's first counseling center, placement office, and women's program.
Glenn and Arlene published three editions of the NW Education/Employment Directory. Glenn was a leader in promoting vocational/ technical programs as viable alternatives to the traditional BA degree. In 1969, he began work on his Ph.D. at the University of Washington under a Kellogg Junior College Leadership grant and a Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the U.W. in Seattle. His doctoral dissertation won the College Placement Council's First Annual Award for Research, an international award.
Glenn was respected and admired by all who knew him. Life for his family will never be the same. We are thankful for his incredible legacy of love, laughter, and learning. At the insistent urging of his family, he wrote and recently published his life story. The book will help keep Glenn, Pop, Grandpa with us forever. He will be missed tremendously.
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