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Campus Mourns Passing of Pat Adams (1937 - 2023)

Profile of 帕特里夏·亚当斯

Patricia “Pat” Adams has demonstrated the value she places on education and leadership throughout her lifetime. 不知疲倦的慈善家, she was influenced by the strength of her mother and her grandmother, the women who raised her in Dover, 俄亥俄州. Pat met her husband, John Q. 亚当斯，高中的时候. While John attended then Heidelberg College, completing his degree in 1958, Pat worked at the 吃午饭 Glass Factory and later, kept the books and payroll for Baylor Pharmaceuticals, 约翰的一个公司. She has always labored faithfully with John in his various entrepreneurial ventures.

While business has always been an integral part of her life, Pat knows about balancing work and family. One of three daughters raised in a close-knit Italian Catholic family, Pat has been actively involved in her church. She has promoted her love for education and family through her various roles in the PTA, Adopt-a-Family and Heidelberg. 终身学习者, Pat has long held a vision to bring to the Heidelberg community exceptional women to speak with undergraduate students and faculty about such topics as business ethics and balancing work and family. Pat and John are the parents of three children, Sherri Steinford, John Jr. 还有已故的辛迪·亚当斯. They have eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. They have lived in Texas for many years.