J. Donald Adams

Born in New York in 1891, Adams earned a B.A. at Harvard in 1913. A period of teaching at the University of Washington was followed by newspaper work in both New England and the Northwestern. Mr. Adams came to the New York Sun in 1920, and after four years went over to the Times, where he was editor of the Sunday Book Review from 1925 to 1943. In recent years he has been a contributing editor to the Review, writing the well known column, “Speaking of Books,” which appeared on page two. He is the author of The Shape of Books to Come (1944), and the editor of The Treasure Chest: An Anthology of Contemplative Prose (1945). He made his home in New York City and summered at Martha’s Vineyard. American Editor, writer. Chancellor American Academy Poets. With United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (delegate Edinburgh Congress, 1934, Buenos Aires, 1936), Poetry Society American (president 1945-1946), Pilgrims Society, Authors Guild Authors' League American, Society Silurians, Explorers Club, Century Club, Harvard Club, Dutch Treat Club. M C.