Myron Winslow Adams Explained

Myron Winslow Adams (27 November 1860 - 1939) was a clergyman and fourth president of Atlanta University.^[1] He attended Dartmouth College and received his bachelor's degree in 1881.^[2] He received his Ph.D. from Hartford Seminary in 1895.^[3] Adams joined Atlanta University in 1889 as an instructor of Greek, and later served as dean of faculty for twenty seven years before becoming president.^[4] Adams served as interim president for four years before being officially appointed in 1923. He remained in the post until 1929.^[5]

External links

• Web site: Dr. Myron Winslow Adams ca. 1919 . hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu . . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collection: Myron W. Adams records Archives Research Center . findingaids.auctr.edu . . 13 May 2021. 20.500.12322/fa:019.
2. Book: University . New York . Tobias . Marilyn . Old Dartmouth on Trial: The Transformation of the Academic Community in Nineteenth-century America . 1982 . NYU Press . 978-0-8147-8168-5 . 173 . 13 May 2021 . en.
3. Book: Seminary . Hartford Theological . Annual Register of the Hartford Theological Seminary ... . 13 May 2021 . en.
4. Irvine . Russell W. . Coming South: The Reverend John Howard Hincks, a Five-Year (1889-1894) Window in the Development of Atlanta University and the Social Sciences . . 2001 . 49 . 3/4 . 229–265 . 10.2307/3132631 . 13 May 2021.
5. Book: Scarborough . William Sanders . The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough: An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship . 2005 . Wayne State University Press . 978-0-8143-3224-5 . 343 . 13 May 2021 . en.