Recipient Worthen Scholarship Academic Excellence
All-District, All-City Wide Receiver (1967.1968)
All-State Wide Receiver in Football (1968), Golf (1968)
All District in Golf (1966, 1967 1968)
Parade Magazine All American Wide Receiver (1968)
Scholastic Coach All American Scholar Athlete (1968).
Thom McAn Award Top Scholar Athlete in Houston (1968)
Bnai Brith Award For Houston Area Football Scholar Athlete (1968).
Benjamin Wheeler Award (Scholar-Athlete) Cal – Berkeley (1967-1972)
Kenny was Kashmere’s Outstanding Athlete of the Year in 1968 as shown by the awards bestowed upon him. He was the first minority to win the “Thom McAn Award”. The McAn trophy is a national award that annually honors outstanding high school athletes who have good academic marks. Over 100 major newspapers across the nation co-sponsor the project. Many Houston schoolboy football writers in 1968 considered Adams the best receiver to come out of the city ranks in the past 20 years.
EDUCATION AND CAREER
The University of California-Berkeley – Bachelor of Arts in Architecture.
Specialty: Residential / Commercial Design and Construction
University of California-Los Angeles-Master of Arts in Urban Planning/ Land Economics.
Specialty: Urban Design and Urban Land Economics
University of California-Los Angeles-Construction Management Certificate.
Licensed California General Building Contractor
EXPERIENCE
Housing Administrator-City of Inglewood, California, City Planning Director- Santa Ana, California
Assistant Executive Director- Planning and Building Agency –Santa Ana, California.
Residential / Light Commercial Project Designer and Builder- Southern California.
PERSONAL
Wife- Sylvia Adams (45 years) college classmate and co-officer in Black Student Union.
Children – Jamal Adams (44), Kenan Adams (deceased), Kendra Taylor (34)
Five Grand Children – Jaylen Adams (21), Jerod Adams (20), Kennedy Taylor (13), Leila Taylor (10), Majik Taylor (7). Five Adopted Children- Steven Johnson (22), Sidney Johnson (21), Shane Johnson (19), Amare Dean (6), Jackson Dean (4)
Parents –Billie (stepfather) and Gene Matthew (Coach and Athletic Director –Kashmere High.
Son of Edward Adams (TSU Basketball Coach and Professor of Kinesiology).
Grandson of Charles and Martha Adams (Co-founders of Grambling State University).
Great-grandson of Lewis Adams (Founding Director of Tuskegee Institute).