Weston Adams (diplomat)
| Weston Adams | |
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| File:Weston Adams with Ronald Reagan.jpg
1984
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| United States Ambassador to Malawi | |
| In office 1984–1986 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1972–1974 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1938 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Nelson Adams (m. 1962–present) |
| Children | Robert Adams VI Weston Adams III Daniel Wallace Adams-Riley Julian Adams II |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina A.B. University of South Carolina School of Law LL.B. University of South Carolina Honorary Doctorate |
| Committees | Select Committee on Crime of the U.S. House of Representatives Presidential Elector, U.S. Electoral College U.S. National Commission to UNESCO |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force United States Air Force Reserve Military Department of The State of South Carolina |
| Years of service | 1963–1966 1966-1973 2000–2010 |
| Rank | Major-United States Air Force Major General-Military Department of The State of South Carolina |
Weston Adams II (born September 16, 1938) is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer born (1938) in Columbia, South Carolina.[1]
Biography
After graduation from the University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Law, Adams served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of The United States Air Force, with the rank of major general.[citation needed] He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, and then served as Associate Counsel to the Select Committee on Crime of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as a member of the United States Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of the President of the Dominican Republic in 1982. Adams served as a presidential elector in the U.S. Electoral College in 1980. He served on the U.S. National Commission to UNESCO from 1982–1984.[2]
Under President Ronald Reagan, Adams served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi in southern Africa from 1984-1986.[2] As of 2016[update] he was a member of the Wilson Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Adams is the managing partner of the Weston Adams Law Firm in Columbia, South Carolina, and owner of Solar Filmworks as a film producer. He produced and wrote the feature film, The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2007) with his son Julian Adams. The film is about Confederate Captain Robert Adams II, his great grandfather.
Honors
In 2006 Adams was made Knight of Grace in The Venerable Order of Saint John by Queen Elizabeth II.
In 2007 The University of South Carolina awarded Adams with an honorary doctoral degree.
Adams was granted the Order of the Palmetto by the Governor of South Carolina in 1974.[2]
Adams was made Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of The Holy Trinity (Imperial Ethiopia), and was made Knight Grand Cross of The Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II (Order of Menelik II, Imperial Ethiopia), by Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.[3][4]
Adams is a direct descendant of Betsy Ross's sister and is a scholar on Betsy Ross.[5]
Notes and references
References
- Venerable Order of Saint John - Weston Adams [2]
- Weston Adams Law Firm
- Council of American Ambassadors: Weston Adams
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Weston Adams
- The American Presidency Project: President Ronald Reagan's Nomination of Weston Adams
- The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams Official Site
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox officeholder with ambassador from or minister from
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2016
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2016
- Ambassadors of the United States to Malawi
- Living people
- Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- People from Columbia, South Carolina
- 1938 births
