Arthur S. Adams

Arthur S. Adams
8th President of the University of New Hampshire
In office
1948–1950
Preceded byHarold W. Stoke
Succeeded byRobert F. Chandler
Personal details
Born(1896-07-01)July 1, 1896
DiedNovember 18, 1980(1980-11-18) (aged 84)
Alma materUnited States Naval Academy
University of California, Berkeley
Colorado School of Mines

Arthur Stanton Adams (July 1, 1896 – November 18, 1980) was an American academic who served as the eighth president of the University of New Hampshire. He also served as Assistant Dean of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Science Management War Training Program and Provost at Cornell University. In 1948, he was appointed the eighth president of the University of New Hampshire in Nashua, New Hampshire.

He was chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board at the United States Department of Defense from 1953 to 1955. From 1962 to 1965, he served as the second president of the Salzburg Global Seminar, a non-profit organization based in Salzburg, Austria, whose mission is to challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems. Dr. Adams co-authored The Development of Physical Thought and Fundamentals of Thermodynamics.