By Kevin McCauley
John Adams, founder of John Adams Assocs., died Dec. 7 at his home in Lovettsville, Va., from metastatic melanoma. He was 81.
Serving in the British army during the Korean war, Adams was captured during an attack by Chinese forces. He then led a successful escape of allied prisoners via a nighttime scramble through a minefield.
He recalled that adventure, as well as his experience growing up in London during WWII and reporting from ABC and CBS News in the U.K, Africa, Germany and the U.S. in the recently published memoir, “In the Trenches: Adventures in Journalism and Public Affairs.”
Adams did a stint in the White House during the Nixon Administration as PA chief for the Price Commission.
Following the 1973 dismantling of the commission, Adams established his own shop to help companies deal with the federal regulatory thicket. In 1987, he co-founded and was first chairman of the Worldcom Group.
His firm was
acquired three years ago by Kellen Communications, a merger arranged by
StevensGouldPincus, which also facilitate the merger between Finn Partners and Morris Silver.
Adams is survived by his wife, Judith, daughter, Caroline. |