John P. Adams

1937 - 2021

John P. Adams of Canaan, New York died on April 30th at Albany Medical Center. He was 83 years old.

Born in New York City on November 23, 1937 to Col. William McMillan Adams and Eleanor (Hermann) Adams, Mr. Adams grew up in Canaan on a farm originally purchased by his grandmother in 1916. He graduated from Phillips Academy - Andover, Yale University, Columbia Law School and the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. He began his career as an attorney with Coudert Brothers and went on to lead multiple companies before starting Adams-Royer, an international acquisitions firm based in New York and Paris.

Fluent in French and Spanish, John travelled, lived, and worked many places over his life. His true home was always his farm, Harryswood, in Canaan, New York. He possessed a talent and passion for conversation, gardening, photography, and fly fishing.

Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Brenda, his son, Nicolas, his brother Henry of Pasadena, California and his nephew, William of Los Angeles, California.

A private memorial service will be held this summer. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, MA.