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| resting_place = Memorial Park Cemetery
| alma_mater = [[University of Kansas]]
| children = [[Bud Adams]]<br/>Mary Louise Adams<br/>Stephen Stanley Adams<br/>Kenneth Glenn Adams<br/>Gary Clark Adams<br/>Lisa Ann Adams<br/>Stephaine Lynn Adams
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'''Kenneth Stanley '''"'''Boots'''"''' Adams''' (August 31, 1899 – March 30, 1975) was an American [[business executive]], [[University of Kansas]] [[Boosterism|booster]], and [[city|civic]] [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]] of [[Bartlesville, Oklahoma]]. Adams began his career with the [[Phillips Petroleum Company]] in 1920 as a clerk in the warehouse department. Twelve years later, he was chosen by founder and president [[Frank Phillips (oil industrialist)|Frank Phillips]] to fill the newly created position of Assistant to the President. On April 26, 1938, Adams was elected president of Phillips Petroleum Company by the unanimous vote of the company's
Upon succeeding Frank Phillips as president, Adams, then 38 years old, became one of the nation's youngest leaders of a major corporation. He remained in continuous service as the company's [[CEO|chief executive]] until his retirement in 1964. Although he retired from company operations, Adams continued serving as its board chairman until 1968; finishing his affiliation as a board member from 1968 to 1970. During his tenure, Adams grew the business into a major corporation by investing in natural gas and synthetic rubber operations.
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Adams graduated from [[Wyandotte High School]] in 1917, the same year brothers Lee Eldas "L.E." and [[Frank Phillips (oil industrialist)|Frank Phillips]] founded the [[Phillips Petroleum Company]]. After graduating, Adams moved to [[Dewey, Oklahoma]] and started his first job. He delivered ice in the neighboring town of [[Bartlesville]]. Adams said he was happy that the work involved heavy lifting because it helped him maintain his physical conditioning which he would need as a college athlete.<ref name="LJW"/> He enrolled at the [[University of Kansas]] in the fall of 1917 and played on the university's football, baseball, and basketball teams. Although he would have graduated the following year, Adams dropped out of the university in 1920. He decided to place academics on hold and accept a position in the Phillips Petroleum Company.<ref name="LJW"/><ref name="ICEJ"/><ref name="Auto7W-2"/>
On September 8, 1920, Adams married Barbara Blanche Keeler; whose brother, [[W. W. Keeler]], would later become
==Career at Phillips Petroleum==
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Boots Adams retired from his position as company president in 1964, after 44 years with the company. The following year the city of Bartlesville organized a parade and civic holiday to honor Boots Adams on his 66th birthday – and give thanks with a public celebration. The schools in Bartlesville were closed and the town itself was officially renamed ''Bootsville'' for the entire day. A huge birthday cake was mocked up to resemble an oil storage tank, and the Phillips 66 logo ''"stood tall"'' in its own pair of boots.<ref name="Pres"/>
Several dignitaries were present as well including President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]];<ref name="Pres"/><ref name="UWP"/> as both a personal friend of Boots' and a U.S.
The President adopted the hobby of painting in 1950, as a relaxing way to reduce stress. He presented Boots Adams with a portrait he had recently painted – depicting Adams seated at the head of a table, as chairman of the Phillips 66 board. The portrait was a prized heirloom of Adams' second wife, Dorothy Glynn, and remains in the family's care, having been passed on to the eldest daughter of Boots and Dorothy.<ref name="Pres"/>
[[W. Clarke Wescoe]], the [[University of Kansas]]' (KU) 10th chancellor attended as well; thanking Adams for his alumnus support, and philanthropic goodwill. In appreciation, Wescoe announced the
==Death and legacy==
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<ref name="Auto7W-1"><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMF0T6_1950_Adams_Building_Bartlesville_OK 1950 Adams Building Bartlesville OK]. waymarking.com. Retrieved July 11, 2013.</span></ref>
<ref name="ICEJ">(April 14, 2013). <span class="plainlinks">[http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/special-reports/making-history-industry.html Making history in industry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230952/http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/special-reports/making-history-industry.html |date=2014-07-28 }}</span>. Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. Retrieved June 8, 2013.</ref>
<ref name="Auto7W-2"><span class="plainlinks">[http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/living/columnists/city%E2%80%99s-birthday-coming.html City's Birthday is Coming]. examiner-enterprise.com. Retrieved July 11, 2013.</span></ref>
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<ref name="TDOR14"><span class="plainlinks">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ASzB87IdUmcC&pg=PA13 Robbins 2001],</span> p. 14.</ref>
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<ref name="OUP"><span class="plainlinks">[https://books.google.com/books?id=FhzFM466R2YC&pg=PA319 Knowles 1980],</span> p. 319.</ref>
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<ref name="BBK95"><span class="plainlinks">[https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ5g4dTqGyIC&pg=PA90 Perkins 2008],</span> p. 95.</ref>
<ref name="Auto7W-9"><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.bartlesvillehistory.com/pages/bartlesville_timeline Bartlesville Area History Museum/timeline/1962] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814110710/http://bartlesvillehistory.com/pages/bartlesville_timeline |date=2013-08-14 }}</span>. bartlesvillehistory.com. Retrieved July 11, 2013.</ref>
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