The
Joseph A. Caulder Collection
Past Rotary International Director 1928-29
- Regina, Sask., Canada
"Eyewitness to Rotary International's First 50 Years"
JOSEPH A. CAULDER - An eyewitness to Rotary International's first 50 years.
Album 1 - Pages 39-40: Donald A. Adams, 15th President
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Donald A. Adams Rotary's 15th President
Rotary Biography of
DONALD A. ADAMS New Haven, Connecticut. U.S.A. President, Rotary International.
1925-26. Donald A. Adams is the owner of an insurance agency in
New Haven, Connecticut. He was born in Windsor, Wisconsin, and was graduated
from Carleton College in Minnesota and from Yale University Law
School. He practiced law in New York City and later moved to New Haven,
where he became the first instructor in business law at Yale University, a
position he held for 17 years. Mr. Adams is a charter member and Past President of the
Rotary Club of New Haven, which was organized in 1917. He has served Rotary
International as President (1925-26), Vice-President, District Governor,
committee member and chairman, and as an observer at meetings of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York City. He has been President of the Chambers of Commerce of New
Haven and Guilford, Connecticut, a director of numerous business, church and
social institutions, and a member of the Board of Aldermen of New Haven. He
is now a member of the Guilford Board of Finance. He has been awarded the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Yankton (South Dakota) College From Rotary International, 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Ill., U.S.A.. March 1954. Joseph A. Caulder Remembers
We had Don at our Winnipeg District Conference in Winnipeg in 1927. He was Rotary 15th President. He came from that great little city of New Haven. Don has not attended many of the recent conventions but like all the others, he left fond memories of his visit with us and of the conventions we attended together. J.A.C.
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Letter from DONALD A. ADAMS to Joseph A. Caulder February 7, 1951
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