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Walter Adams (August 27, 1922 – September 8, 1998) was an Austrian-born 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 .
May 9, 2024 · Walter Adams was an American astronomer who is best known for his spectroscopic studies. Using the spectroscope, he investigated sunspots and the rotation of the Sun, the velocities and distances of thousands of stars, and planetary atmospheres. Born of missionary parents who returned to the United.
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Sir Walter Adams CMG OBE (16 December 1906 – 21 May 1975) was a British historian and educationalist. Adams was educated at University College London, and was a lecturer in history at the same institution from 1926 to 1934.
Walter Adams. (1922—1998) Quick Reference. (1922–98) Adams was born in Vienna, Austria on 27 August 1922. He died 8 September 1998 in East Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Brooklyn College (1942), Adams studied economics at ... From: Adams, Walter in The Biographical Dictionary of American Economists » Subjects: Social sciences — Economics.
Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. He is renowned for his pioneering work in spectroscopy.
American astronomer Walter Adams developed a method for deducing the distance of a star from Earth by learning to read the clues held in the photograph of a star’s spectrum. He also used spectroscopic techniques to investigate sunspots and planetary atmospheres.
Walter Adams is one of the strongest critics of the Chicago School of Economics. Yet he was trained at the University of Chicago. This article traces Adams' education in economics and delineates two distinct Chicago traditions of antitrust policy.
