Myron Winslow Adams (27 November 1860 - 1939) was a clergyman and fourth president of Atlanta University.[1] He attended Dartmouth College and received his bachelor's degree in 1881.[2] He received his Ph.D. from Hartford Seminary in 1895.[3] Adams joined Atlanta University in 1889 as an instructor of Greek, and later served as dean of faculty for twenty seven years before becoming president.[4]: 233–4  Adams served as interim president for four years before being officially appointed in 1923. He remained in the post until 1929.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Collection: Myron W. Adams records | Archives Research Center". findingaids.auctr.edu. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. hdl:20.500.12322/fa:019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ↑ University, New York; Tobias, Marilyn (1982). Old Dartmouth on Trial: The Transformation of the Academic Community in Nineteenth-century America. NYU Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-8147-8168-5. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Seminary, Hartford Theological. Annual Register of the Hartford Theological Seminary ... Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Irvine, Russell W. (2001). "Coming South: The Reverend John Howard Hincks, a Five-Year (1889-1894) Window in the Development of Atlanta University and the Social Sciences". Phylon. 49 (3/4): 229–265. doi:10.2307/3132631. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Scarborough, William Sanders (2005). The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough: An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship. Wayne State University Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-8143-3224-5. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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