Francis W. H. Adams
Francis W. H. Adams | |
|---|---|
| Police Commissioner of New York City | |
| In office January 1, 1954 – August 2, 1955 | |
| Mayor | Robert F. Wagner Jr. |
| Preceded by | George P. Monaghan |
| Succeeded by | Stephen P. Kennedy |
| United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Acting | |
| In office May 16, 1935 – November 20, 1935 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Martin Conboy |
| Succeeded by | Lamar Hardy |
Francis William Holbrooke Adams (June 26, 1904 – April 20, 1990) was an American lawyer who served as the New York City Police Commissioner from 1954 to 1955.
Biography
Adams was born in
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.[1]
In 1934, he became assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[1][2]
Adams also served as an assistant counsel to the 1963–64 Warren Commission (the "President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy").[3]
He died on April 20, 1990, in Devon, Pennsylvania.[1][4]
References
- ^ New York Times. p. 29. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-313-30560-3.
- ^ "Title Page and Letter". Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1964. p. v.
- Boston Globe. April 22, 1990. Archived from the originalon November 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
