Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Adams, Roy Bennett 1880 - 
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Roy Bennett Adams

Roy B. Adams, one of Nebraska’s leading physicians and educators at Lincoln, was
born at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana, January 10, 1880. George Andrew
Adams, his father, was a distinguished lawyer; was a member of the Indiana
Legislature, 1883-85-89; and was a member of the board of education at Lincoln,
Lancaster County, Nebraska, 1900-03. He served as mayor of Lincoln, 1903-05. His
Irish and German ancestors came to America just after the Revolution.

Martha (Bennett) Adams, his mother, who was born at Cory, Clay County, Indiana,
February 9, 1853, is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors who came to America
before the French and Indian War.

Dr. Adams attended the public schools of Martinsville, Indiana, and Lincoln, and
in 1896 was graduated from Worthington Military Academy. He received his A. B.
degree at the University of Nebraska and his M. D. from Rush Medical College. In
1928 he was a student at Columbia University. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta
and Alpha Omega Alpha.

Admitted to the practice of medicine at Lincoln, August, 1908, from that date
until 1925 he was engaged in general practice there. Since 1925 he has been
school physician at Lincoln. He has been secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska
State Medical Association since 1919, and has lived in Nebraska for over 40 years.

During the World War, Dr. Adams served as a member of the draft board. He is a
member of the American Medical Association, Nebraska State Medical Association,
Lancaster County Medical Society, and the American Public Health Association. He
holds membership in the National Educational Association, American Association
of School Physicians, and the Lincoln Red Cross. He is a Scottish Rite Mason,
and belongs to the Lincoln University Club. He likes to fish and hike, and his
hobbies are reading, gardening, and studying mechanics. He is a Republican.
Residence: Lincoln.


Additional Comments:
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Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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