Howard G. Adams - 1996 recipient of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Mentoring - will be honored at the 30th anniversary gala at the 2006 annual conference of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.
Proceeds from the awards banquet to be held at the InterContinental Hotel on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2006, will benefit The National GEM Consortium's endowment and support graduate fellowship awards.
The National GEM Consortium celebrates an historic 30 years of providing talented African American, Native American, and Hispanic American students access to graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
GEM’s accomplishments include: promoting engineering and science graduate education as a national imperative, raising the profile of U.S. citizens of African, American Indian, and Hispanic descent aspiring to careers in science and technology, positioning GEM as the leading nonprofit corporation investing in the nation’s minority technical talent,
inspiring collaboration between universities and research industries that has produced nearly 3000 GEM alumni, and provides support for 150 Fellow-elects annually.
Howard Adams, PhD is founder and president of H.G. Adams & Associates, Inc.; a Marietta, Georgia-based consulting company that provides human development services and products to educational, governmental and industrial organizations.
Dr. Adams is a leading expert on mentoring and mentorship program development and has written, lectured, and consulted extensively on mentoring as an effective strategy for professional, educational, and personal development. He is a sought after keynote speaker and seminar presenter, having spoken at over 500 colleges and universities and numerous national conferences and conducted training for a number of fortune 500 companies.
From 1978 to 1994 Dr. Adams served as executive director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM), head quartered at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Prior to joining GEM, he served as vice president for Student Affairs at Norfolk State University. In 1989 President Ronald Reagan named Adams to the U.S. Congressional Task Force on Women, Minorities and the Handicapped in Science & Technology.
He holds a B.Sc. from Norfolk State University, M.S. from Virginia State University Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
For more information on GEM @ 30 see http://was.nd.edu/gem/gemwebapp/gem_00_000.htm
