Charles F Adams (DDG 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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cHAnLss l FRANCIS , mms E cy 1929 CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on August 2, 1866. He entered Harvard University in 1884 and, as undergraduate, was presidentof his class for four years and a leader in student activity. He captained and stroked the 1888 class crew. He was elected class president for life, an honor unprecedented in Harvard History. Hraduating fromHarvard, Cum Laude, in 1888, he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and after graduating from Harvard Law School, in 1892, received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1892, the HARPOON, with Mr. ADAMS as sailing master, de- feated the GLORIANA and WASP for the Goelet Cup off Newport. His position as premier sailing master was established in the early summer of 1914, when he sailed the RESOLUTE to victory off Newport, and thus earned the right to defend the America's Cup. Due to the out- break of World War 1, the 1914 race had to be postponed. 1920 found the RESOLUTE retaining her speed and ready for the challenger, SHAMROCK IV. The RESOLUTE beat SHAMROCK IV in a very close America's Cup series, thus keeping the cup on the United States side of the Atlantic. Mr. ADAMS participated in the Trans-Atlantic race for the King of Spain's Cup during the summer of 1928, finishing in second place. Appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Herbert Hoover, in 1929, he took the oath of office in March of that year, and presided over the Navy Department until March 1933. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS was the son of John Quincy Adar1'1S and Fanny Crowninsheild Adams, a great grandson of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the UnitedStates, and great, great grand- son of John Adams, Second President of the United States. Married to Francis Lovering at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D. C- 011 April 3, 1399, they had a daughter, Mrs. Henry S. Morgan Of Boston, and a son, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., also a yachting enthusiast. The former Secretary of the Navy passed away in June 1954 3-11 the age of 87. All SECRETARY UF THE NAVY 1933