The author's was raised on a farm in Tehama County, northern California. After an undergraduate degree at the Univ. of California at Davis, and a General Secondary Teaching Credential at Chico State College, he was selected to join a federally funded group project that sent teachers to East African schools. After completing the two year teaching contract, he joined another teacher and drove by Land Rover north through the Sudan and Egypt, then shipped the vehicle to Lebanon and drove through the Middle East to Nepal. After returning to the U.S., he completed a master's degree at Chico State College and Ph.D. at the Univ. of California at Davis. As a faculty member in colleges of veterinary medicine, the author taught in four different universities over a span of 35 years. While at Iowa State University, Dr. Adams obtained federal education grants which supported Agricultural training grants in multimedia. He subsequently developed interactive multimedia programs in veterinary anatomy which, in retirement, he continues to update. Father of three sons, he and his wife now live in Phoenix, Oregon.