Dates

• Existence: 1956 - 2011

Biographical History

Irene Adams (1956-2011) was a teacher, scholar, traveller, librarian, missionary and member of the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Irene Adams was born February 20, 1956, in Orange, New Jersey, to Lawrence and Mary C. Vaughan. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Scotland and Northern Ireland. She married Gerald E. Adams in 1986. Adams loved teaching in any capacity, and loved learning. She completed seven academic degrees - two associates, three bachelors, and two masters. She also loved to travel, and made several trips across the United States and abroad. She became a librarian at Brigham Young University, and worked in the Special Collections Department.

Adams died April 19, 2011.

Citation:

Crescat scientia, 2008:p. 7 (Irene Adams) p. 27 (Marguerite Irene Adams, Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

Irene Adams papers, 1991-2001 :(Irene Adams, born February 20, 1956 in Orange, New Jersey, died April 19, 2011 in Orem, Utah)

Daily herald, May 9, 2011: Irene Adams Obituary (b. Feb. 20, 1956 to Lawrence and Mary C. Vaughan; LDS mission to Scotland and Northern Ireland; m. Gerald E. Adams in 1986; loved teaching in any capacity, and loved learning; completed seven academic degrees - two associates, three bachelors, and two masters; loved to travel, and made several trips across the United States and abroad; became a librarian at Brigham Young University, and worked in the Special Collections Department; d. April 19, 2011)