Charles Adams, Sr.
(Term ends 2010)
Charles
Adams, Sr. joined the Board of Trustees
on February 20, 2001. Charles believes in higher education
and has attended classes at MiraCosta. He also holds a bachelor’s
degree in business administration/economics from Chapman College,
master’s degree in management/human relations from Webster
College, and an associate of science degree in bio-medical
engineering from Regis College.
Charles retired from the Department of Defense
Civil Service in 1999, after 24 years of service in the bio-medical
engineering field. He retired from the US Navy in 1972, after
24 years of service in the medical field.
He is also heavily involved in the community:
- Commissioner, City of Oceanside, Parks
and Recreation
- Co-Chair/Subcommittee Strategic Planning
Task Force, Oceanside Unified School District
- Chair/Mentor, MiraCosta College African
American Achievement Program
- Counselor, Equal Employment Opportunity/Sexual
Harassment and Chair, Special Emphasis Program Committee
for the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton
- Volunteer, North Coastal Service Center,
Oceanside
- Member/Board of Directors, Oceanside
Rotary Club
- Deacon/Trustee and Counselor/Junior Brotherhood,
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
- Board of Directors, Oceanside Museum of
Art
Charles also belongs to several organizations:
- Member, American Association of Medical
Instrumentation
- Member, Brotherhood Union, Progressive
District, San Diego
- Member, Xi Gamma Gamma Chapter, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Oceanside
- Member, Oceanside Masonic Chapter #381
F&AM
- Royal Arch Mason, Triangle Chapter #155
- Official, The Athletic Congress/USA,
formerly AAU Track & Field
He has been married 51 years to Lillian and
they have three children: E. Charles, Jr., Donald J. Adams and
Moria Adams-Prather. Charles also has two grandchildren, Michael
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