Charles Francis Adams IV

Charles Francis Adams IV (May 2, 1910 – January 5, 1999)^[1] was a United States Naval Officer and electronics industrialist.

He was the son of Charles Francis Adams III, great-great-great grandson of United States President John Adams, and great-great grandson of President John Quincy Adams. Adams was born in Boston, attended St. Mark's School, graduated from Harvard College in 1932 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Adams was a sixth generation Harvard legacy student (his great-great-great-grandfather, President John Adams graduated from Harvard in 1755).

Adams married twice. His first marriage was to Margaret Stockton Adams by whom he had four children: Abigail, Alison, Charles Francis, and Timothy.^[2] He had a total of ten grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Adams was commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve on 23 June 1932 and was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on 23 June 1937. He served on active duty during World War II. Adams was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander on 1 May 1943 and to commander on 1 March 1944. He took command of the destroyer escort USS William Seiverling when she was commissioned on 1 June 1944. The Seiverling conducted anti-submarine operations in the Pacific Theater, was under air attack off Okinawa and supported the liberation of the Philippines. He left the service in 1946.

He served as the first president of the Raytheon Company between 1948 and 1960, and again from 1962 to 1964. He served as its chairman between 1960 and 1962, and again from 1964 until 1972. During his tenure, Raytheon grew from a manufacturer of transistors and vacuum tubes into a maker of missiles and military-oriented radar and communications systems.^[3]

Adams was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959.^[4] He was awarded honorary degrees by Suffolk University, Northeastern University, Bates College and Tufts University.

Family tree

Adams family tree

John Adams
(1735–1826)

Abigail Adams (née Smith)
(1744–1818)

William Stephens Smith
(1755–1815)

Abigail Amelia Adams Smith
(1765–1813)

John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)

Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson)
(1775–1852)

Charles Adams
(1770–1800)

Thomas Boylston Adams
(1772–1832)

George Washington Adams
(1801–1829)

John Adams II
(1803–1834)

Charles Francis Adams Sr.
(1807–1886)

Abigail Brown Adams (née Brooks)
(1808–1889)

Frances Cadwalader Crowninshield
(1839–1911)

John Quincy Adams II
(1833–1894)

Charles Francis Adams Jr.
(1835–1915)

Henry Brooks Adams
(1838–1918)

Marian Hooper Adams
(1843–1885)

Peter Chardon Brooks Adams
(1848–1927)

George Casper Adams
(1863–1900)

Charles Francis Adams III
(1866–1954)

Frances Adams (née Lovering)
(1869–1956)

J. P. Morgan Jr.
(1867–1943)

John Adams

Charles Francis Adams IV
(1910–1999)

Catherine Lovering Adams Morgan
(1902–1988)

Henry Sturgis Morgan
(1900–1982)

Thomas Boylston Adams
(1910–1997)

Notes:

The Adams family tree is continuous in some relative surviving members. This tree contains many descendants, like John Tyler's tree had.

References

↑ "Deaths Elsewhere". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1999-01-07.
↑ "Biography" (PDF). Raytheon. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/09/business/charles-francis-adams-88-former-chairman-of-raytheon.html
↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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