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Walter Adams (August 27, 1922 – September 8, 1998) was an American economist and college professor. He served as the 13th President of Michigan State University and served as an expert witness before 36 congressional committees.〔(EXPERT WITNESS BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ) - Trinity University〕 ==Early life== Walter Adams was born in Vienna, Austria in 1922. His father, Edward Adams, was an international linen and diamond merchant; his mother, Ilona Schildkraut, was a homemaker. The family moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1935, where he attended New Utrecht High School. He earned a BA in economics from Brooklyn College in 1942, graduating magna cum laude, before joining the U.S. Army in April 1943. Adams served with distinction in the 83rd Infantry and 11th Armored Divisions, landing at Normandy in the days following D-Day, "participating in the Battle of the Bulge, and helping to liberate three concentration camps."〔Commemorative plaque at Adams Field, MSU〕 He earned a battlefield commission as second lieutenant (later attaining the rank of first lieutenant), and in 1945 was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic conduct.〔 After World War II ended, Adams returned to his wife, Pauline Gordon (they had wed on August 23, 1943),〔 and his studies and completed his MA and Ph.D degrees at Yale University in 1946 and 1947.〔Bao (1999).〕 The couple's only child, William James Adams, was born in 1947.〔
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