Adams was born in
Mount Vernon, New York, on June 26, 1904. He grew up in
Saddle River, New Jersey, and rode to horseback to school in nearby
Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. He graduated from
Williams College in 1925 and
Fordham Law School in 1928. Upon graduation, he joined the firm
O'Brien, Boardman, Memhard, Fox & Early, where he had worked as a clerk while in law school. Adams also served as an assistant counsel to the 1963–64
Warren Commission (the "President's Commission on
the Assassination of President Kennedy"). He died on April 20, 1990, in
Devon, Pennsylvania. ==References==