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After leaving the Royal Navy, Adams served as Director of the Paper and Paper Products Industry Training Board from 1968 to 1971. From 1972 to 1973, he was Director of the Employers' Federation of Papermakers and Boardmakers and then served from 1974 to 1983 as Director General of the British Paper and Board Industry Federation.
Adams was the author of The Adventure of Charlie the Cone, stories about a traffic cone that he made up for his children during long car trips.
He married the former Mary Parker in 1943. The two had one son and the marriage ended in 1961. He married Ione Eadie later in 1961 and had two sons and two daughters together.
Adams died on 3 November 2008(2008-11-03) (aged 89).
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