Dr. Fred Thomas Adams, 87, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Wofford College and author of an internationally used textbook, The Way of Modern Man (1968) died in Spartanburg, SC, on Sunday, April 9, 2006, after a brief illness.
Dean of the College, Dan B. Maultsby, a 1961 Wofford graduate, expressed his personal debt to Dr. Adams and offered condolences to the family: "I was a student at Wofford when Dr. Fred T. Adams joined the faculty,"
Maultsby said. "I enjoyed a number of his classes. He was always encouraging and his courses were filled with interesting reading. When I began graduate study in sociology, I found that Fred had referred me as an undergraduate to the latest and best references in the subjects he taught. I realized he was an excellent student of the literature and had a deep understanding of sociology and anthropology. His understanding and scholarship were demonstrated again to me by his writing of the successful introductory text analyzing observations and discoveries bearing upon human evolution."
"Dr. Adams supported me when I came back to Wofford as a faculty member," Maultsby said. "I appreciate his trust and the freedom he gave me to teach my classes as I thought best. I remember him for his continuing passion for study, his loyalty to the college, and his wry humor and unfailing cheerfulness in dealing with his students and colleagues. I admired the way he went about his work without demand or complaint and the way he respected others who did the same."
Maultsby also spoke of how Fred Adams and his family influenced the total life of the Wofford community. "It is with respect that I remember Fred Adams. I thank him for his contribution to the college and for being my
teacher and friend. Dr. Adams spoke openly to me of his love for his wife and his pride in his sons and their families. I know also that he valued his association with Wofford College and with his students and colleagues."
A US Army Air Corps, US Army and US Navy veteran, Adams earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Alabama and completed his PhD degree at Tulane University. During WWII, Adams served in the European theatre in Patton's Third Army. Adams was a member of the Wofford faculty for 26 years, from 1958 until he retired in 1984. At that time, Adams was professor of sociology and chair of the department. He was also advisor to Pi Gamma Mu, the college's chapter of the national social science honor society. He taught in a number of national summer institutes in anthropology, urban sociology and social psychology. He was a member of several professional associations and was a board member for the Spartanburg Mental Health clinic.
Dr. Adams was married to the late Margaret Pippin Adams, who was a financial aid staff member at Wofford, and a much respected community volunteer. He had three children, all of whom survive him: Frank Adams (a 1970 Wofford graduate) and wife, Anne Dreher Adams, live in Columbia, SC; Thomas Kimball Adams (a 1978 Wofford graduate) and wife, Donna Cote Adams, live in Spartanburg; and Pamela Adams Moore and her husband, Gary Moore, live in Asheville, NC. Dr. Adams is also survived by a sister, Dr. Gwen J. Adams of Hueytown, AL. Grandchildren include Catherine Kimball Adams, Laurens, SC; Mary Margaret Adams, Laurens, SC; Daniel Thomas Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Sarah Elizabeth Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Joel H. Weed, Columbia, SC; Jill Prim Dolly, Seneca, SC; Tamela Prim Sanders, Abilene, TX; Brian Paul Prim, Clemson, SC; Anna Marie Prim, Pensacola, FL. Dr. Adams also has four great-grandchildren - Charles Patrick, Matthew, Elizabeth and Sarah Dolly of Seneca, SC
Visitation was held at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Luther H. Rickenbaker, III.
Memorials could be made to the Wofford College Education Fund, 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel
Published: Monday, April 10, 2006
Spartanbug Herald Journal
Dean of the College, Dan B. Maultsby, a 1961 Wofford graduate, expressed his personal debt to Dr. Adams and offered condolences to the family: "I was a student at Wofford when Dr. Fred T. Adams joined the faculty,"
Maultsby said. "I enjoyed a number of his classes. He was always encouraging and his courses were filled with interesting reading. When I began graduate study in sociology, I found that Fred had referred me as an undergraduate to the latest and best references in the subjects he taught. I realized he was an excellent student of the literature and had a deep understanding of sociology and anthropology. His understanding and scholarship were demonstrated again to me by his writing of the successful introductory text analyzing observations and discoveries bearing upon human evolution."
"Dr. Adams supported me when I came back to Wofford as a faculty member," Maultsby said. "I appreciate his trust and the freedom he gave me to teach my classes as I thought best. I remember him for his continuing passion for study, his loyalty to the college, and his wry humor and unfailing cheerfulness in dealing with his students and colleagues. I admired the way he went about his work without demand or complaint and the way he respected others who did the same."
Maultsby also spoke of how Fred Adams and his family influenced the total life of the Wofford community. "It is with respect that I remember Fred Adams. I thank him for his contribution to the college and for being my
teacher and friend. Dr. Adams spoke openly to me of his love for his wife and his pride in his sons and their families. I know also that he valued his association with Wofford College and with his students and colleagues."
A US Army Air Corps, US Army and US Navy veteran, Adams earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Alabama and completed his PhD degree at Tulane University. During WWII, Adams served in the European theatre in Patton's Third Army. Adams was a member of the Wofford faculty for 26 years, from 1958 until he retired in 1984. At that time, Adams was professor of sociology and chair of the department. He was also advisor to Pi Gamma Mu, the college's chapter of the national social science honor society. He taught in a number of national summer institutes in anthropology, urban sociology and social psychology. He was a member of several professional associations and was a board member for the Spartanburg Mental Health clinic.
Dr. Adams was married to the late Margaret Pippin Adams, who was a financial aid staff member at Wofford, and a much respected community volunteer. He had three children, all of whom survive him: Frank Adams (a 1970 Wofford graduate) and wife, Anne Dreher Adams, live in Columbia, SC; Thomas Kimball Adams (a 1978 Wofford graduate) and wife, Donna Cote Adams, live in Spartanburg; and Pamela Adams Moore and her husband, Gary Moore, live in Asheville, NC. Dr. Adams is also survived by a sister, Dr. Gwen J. Adams of Hueytown, AL. Grandchildren include Catherine Kimball Adams, Laurens, SC; Mary Margaret Adams, Laurens, SC; Daniel Thomas Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Sarah Elizabeth Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Joel H. Weed, Columbia, SC; Jill Prim Dolly, Seneca, SC; Tamela Prim Sanders, Abilene, TX; Brian Paul Prim, Clemson, SC; Anna Marie Prim, Pensacola, FL. Dr. Adams also has four great-grandchildren - Charles Patrick, Matthew, Elizabeth and Sarah Dolly of Seneca, SC
Visitation was held at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Luther H. Rickenbaker, III.
Memorials could be made to the Wofford College Education Fund, 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel
Published: Monday, April 10, 2006
Spartanbug Herald Journal
Dr. Fred Thomas Adams, 87, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Wofford College and author of an internationally used textbook, The Way of Modern Man (1968) died in Spartanburg, SC, on Sunday, April 9, 2006, after a brief illness.
Dean of the College, Dan B. Maultsby, a 1961 Wofford graduate, expressed his personal debt to Dr. Adams and offered condolences to the family: "I was a student at Wofford when Dr. Fred T. Adams joined the faculty,"
Maultsby said. "I enjoyed a number of his classes. He was always encouraging and his courses were filled with interesting reading. When I began graduate study in sociology, I found that Fred had referred me as an undergraduate to the latest and best references in the subjects he taught. I realized he was an excellent student of the literature and had a deep understanding of sociology and anthropology. His understanding and scholarship were demonstrated again to me by his writing of the successful introductory text analyzing observations and discoveries bearing upon human evolution."
"Dr. Adams supported me when I came back to Wofford as a faculty member," Maultsby said. "I appreciate his trust and the freedom he gave me to teach my classes as I thought best. I remember him for his continuing passion for study, his loyalty to the college, and his wry humor and unfailing cheerfulness in dealing with his students and colleagues. I admired the way he went about his work without demand or complaint and the way he respected others who did the same."
Maultsby also spoke of how Fred Adams and his family influenced the total life of the Wofford community. "It is with respect that I remember Fred Adams. I thank him for his contribution to the college and for being my
teacher and friend. Dr. Adams spoke openly to me of his love for his wife and his pride in his sons and their families. I know also that he valued his association with Wofford College and with his students and colleagues."
A US Army Air Corps, US Army and US Navy veteran, Adams earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Alabama and completed his PhD degree at Tulane University. During WWII, Adams served in the European theatre in Patton's Third Army. Adams was a member of the Wofford faculty for 26 years, from 1958 until he retired in 1984. At that time, Adams was professor of sociology and chair of the department. He was also advisor to Pi Gamma Mu, the college's chapter of the national social science honor society. He taught in a number of national summer institutes in anthropology, urban sociology and social psychology. He was a member of several professional associations and was a board member for the Spartanburg Mental Health clinic.
Dr. Adams was married to the late Margaret Pippin Adams, who was a financial aid staff member at Wofford, and a much respected community volunteer. He had three children, all of whom survive him: Frank Adams (a 1970 Wofford graduate) and wife, Anne Dreher Adams, live in Columbia, SC; Thomas Kimball Adams (a 1978 Wofford graduate) and wife, Donna Cote Adams, live in Spartanburg; and Pamela Adams Moore and her husband, Gary Moore, live in Asheville, NC. Dr. Adams is also survived by a sister, Dr. Gwen J. Adams of Hueytown, AL. Grandchildren include Catherine Kimball Adams, Laurens, SC; Mary Margaret Adams, Laurens, SC; Daniel Thomas Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Sarah Elizabeth Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Joel H. Weed, Columbia, SC; Jill Prim Dolly, Seneca, SC; Tamela Prim Sanders, Abilene, TX; Brian Paul Prim, Clemson, SC; Anna Marie Prim, Pensacola, FL. Dr. Adams also has four great-grandchildren - Charles Patrick, Matthew, Elizabeth and Sarah Dolly of Seneca, SC
Visitation was held at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Luther H. Rickenbaker, III.
Memorials could be made to the Wofford College Education Fund, 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel
Published: Monday, April 10, 2006
Spartanbug Herald Journal
Dean of the College, Dan B. Maultsby, a 1961 Wofford graduate, expressed his personal debt to Dr. Adams and offered condolences to the family: "I was a student at Wofford when Dr. Fred T. Adams joined the faculty,"
Maultsby said. "I enjoyed a number of his classes. He was always encouraging and his courses were filled with interesting reading. When I began graduate study in sociology, I found that Fred had referred me as an undergraduate to the latest and best references in the subjects he taught. I realized he was an excellent student of the literature and had a deep understanding of sociology and anthropology. His understanding and scholarship were demonstrated again to me by his writing of the successful introductory text analyzing observations and discoveries bearing upon human evolution."
"Dr. Adams supported me when I came back to Wofford as a faculty member," Maultsby said. "I appreciate his trust and the freedom he gave me to teach my classes as I thought best. I remember him for his continuing passion for study, his loyalty to the college, and his wry humor and unfailing cheerfulness in dealing with his students and colleagues. I admired the way he went about his work without demand or complaint and the way he respected others who did the same."
Maultsby also spoke of how Fred Adams and his family influenced the total life of the Wofford community. "It is with respect that I remember Fred Adams. I thank him for his contribution to the college and for being my
teacher and friend. Dr. Adams spoke openly to me of his love for his wife and his pride in his sons and their families. I know also that he valued his association with Wofford College and with his students and colleagues."
A US Army Air Corps, US Army and US Navy veteran, Adams earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Alabama and completed his PhD degree at Tulane University. During WWII, Adams served in the European theatre in Patton's Third Army. Adams was a member of the Wofford faculty for 26 years, from 1958 until he retired in 1984. At that time, Adams was professor of sociology and chair of the department. He was also advisor to Pi Gamma Mu, the college's chapter of the national social science honor society. He taught in a number of national summer institutes in anthropology, urban sociology and social psychology. He was a member of several professional associations and was a board member for the Spartanburg Mental Health clinic.
Dr. Adams was married to the late Margaret Pippin Adams, who was a financial aid staff member at Wofford, and a much respected community volunteer. He had three children, all of whom survive him: Frank Adams (a 1970 Wofford graduate) and wife, Anne Dreher Adams, live in Columbia, SC; Thomas Kimball Adams (a 1978 Wofford graduate) and wife, Donna Cote Adams, live in Spartanburg; and Pamela Adams Moore and her husband, Gary Moore, live in Asheville, NC. Dr. Adams is also survived by a sister, Dr. Gwen J. Adams of Hueytown, AL. Grandchildren include Catherine Kimball Adams, Laurens, SC; Mary Margaret Adams, Laurens, SC; Daniel Thomas Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Sarah Elizabeth Adams, Spartanburg, SC; Joel H. Weed, Columbia, SC; Jill Prim Dolly, Seneca, SC; Tamela Prim Sanders, Abilene, TX; Brian Paul Prim, Clemson, SC; Anna Marie Prim, Pensacola, FL. Dr. Adams also has four great-grandchildren - Charles Patrick, Matthew, Elizabeth and Sarah Dolly of Seneca, SC
Visitation was held at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Luther H. Rickenbaker, III.
Memorials could be made to the Wofford College Education Fund, 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel
Published: Monday, April 10, 2006
Spartanbug Herald Journal
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