Résumé

A World War II draft registration card of 11/29/1946, indicated that Adams had been a "veteran" during the war. He would have been able to get in only by 1945, when he turned 18 years old. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 9, accessed 05/03/2023,)

Associate, John Francis Adams and Damon Spitzer, AIA, Associated Architects, Pasadena, CA, 1955-1956.

Principal, John Francis Adams, AIA, Architect, Pasadena, CA, 1956-1957.

Staff Architect, Carnation Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1958-11/1959.

Project Architect, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, 12/1959- .

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter, 1957- .

In 1962, Adams reported having been NCARB certified.

Member, Pasadena City Planning Commission, Board of Directors, Pasadena, CA, 06/1963- . At the time of his acceptance to the board in 06/1963, Adams served with Boyd P. Wells, Director of City Planning Richard W. Jencks, Mayor Clarence Oakley, Walter Benedict Cooper, C. Lewis Edwards and another architect, H. Douglas Byles. (See "Architect Named to Planning Board," Pasadena Independent, 06/13/1963, p. 9.)

High School /College

Coursework, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA.

Coursework, "Catalina Prep," Southern CA. It is unclear what this school was. Perhaps it was the Catalina School for Boys that operated on Santa Catalina Island before World War II, and operated on the mainland for some time after that. (See "Architect Named to Planning Board," Pasadena Independent, 06/13/1963, p. 9.)

A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1950.

M.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1952.

Relocation

The architect John Francis Adams was born in Pasadena, CA, and raised there.

On 11/29/1946, Adams lived with his parents at 873 North Hill Street in Pasadena. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 9, accessed 05/03/2023,)

He attended Pasadena's Polytechnic School and "Catalina Prep," (possibly the Catalina School for Boys) before matriculating as an undergraduate at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.

In 06/1963, Adams lived at 501 Arbor Street in Pasadena. (See "Architect Named to Planning Board," Pasadena Independent, 06/13/1963, p. 9.)

Parents

His mother's maiden name was "Miller."

Biographical Notes

As per his World War II draft registration card of 11/29/1946, Adams was Caucasian, with a ruddy complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He stood 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighed 160 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 9, accessed 05/03/2023,)