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<br/>Gary Clark Adams

<br/>Stephaine Lynn Adams

'''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 board of directors.