- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1919
- Date Of Death: September 17, 2011
- State: Arizona
Dan Boyd Adams 1919 – 2011
Dan Boyd Adams was born Aug. 21, 1919 in Beaver Falls, Pa. to Charles and Jessie (Boyd) Adams and grew up in New Waterford, Ohio on an apple orchard farm, Adam’s Apples, owned by his parents. He died Sept. 17, 2011.
Mr. Adams graduated from Ohio State University (OSU) with a degree in economics in 1941 and was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and played on the polo team for OSU.
He began working for Owens-Illinois (O-I) in 1941 as a chief industrial engineer and became senior industrial engineer in 1947. He later became plant manager in Clarion, Pa. in 1956 and Huntington, W.Va. in 1957. He later was assistant plant manager in Bridgeton, N.J. before transferring to O-I headquarters in Toledo, Ohio where he rose to the position of vice president for domestic operations until his retirement in 1982.
On May 9, 1953, Dan was married to Mary Calista Newhard in Bucyrus, Ohio. They lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, and England before retiring to Payson, Ariz. in 1983.
In retirement, Mr. Adams remained active with the Payson Packers hiking club and the Republican Club, as well as being active in contacting elected officials on issues of concern, particularly natural resource management and economics.
Memorials: Mr. Adams’ family suggests that in remembrance of Dan, his friends and acquaintances write or call one of their elected officials about a political issue that concerns them.
