Education
Adamson completed his Bachelor of Science in Engineering and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army at United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1969. In 1977, he completed a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. In 2010, he completed his Chartered Director certification, graduating from The Directors College, (a joint venture between McMaster University and the Conference Board of Canada. Additionally he has completed undergraduate and graduate pilot training, paratrooper training, Arctic water and mountain survival training, Nuclear weapons training, basic and advanced officer training, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
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