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THOMAS GOVE
ADAMS
The late Thomas Gove Adams, well known educator, was the founder of the Yale School, a boys’ boarding and day school of Los Angeles, in 1901. The width of the continent separated him from his birthplace, for he first opened his eyes to the light of day in Newark, New Jersey, June 13, 1870. He prepared for college at Newton, Massachusetts. Following his graduation from Yale University in 1891, he went to Williams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts, and was athletic director at that institution for two years and subsequently spent three years as director of athletics and teacher of Spanish at the Belmont School of Belmont, California. In the fall of 1896 he entered the Yale Law School, at the same time serving as physical director of the New Haven Young Men’s Christian Association. During the year 1897-98 he was athletic director of various schools in Orange, New Jersey. From 1897 to 1900 he continued the study of law at the New York Law School and in October, 1899, he was admitted to the bar of the state of Tennessee. From 1900 to 1901 he studied law in an office in Los Angeles with a well known law firm and also taught in the Harvard Military School of this city. In 1901 he founded the Yale School, a boys’ boarding and day school of Los Angeles. He remained at the head of the school until 1930, when he was obliged to discontinue its conduct as the result of the business depression. He secured employment in a Los Angeles theater, and while on duty on the 11th of July, 1933, passed away. Mr. Adams had served as vice president of the Southern California Yale Club and was the founder and conductor of the summer naval camp for boys at Corona del Mar, Balboa Beach, California, and long enjoyed high standing in educational and social circles of his adopted city.
Mr. Adams was first married on the 7th of October, 1899, to Marion Louise Earle, of Providence, Rhode Island. His second marriage resulted in the birth of a daughter, Evelyn. On June 25, 1918, Anne M. Lance, daughter of George F. Lance, of Reading, Pennsylvania, became his wife and survives him and resides at 109 North Union avenue in Los Angeles.
Transcribed
7-19-12 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: California
of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages
205-206, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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