Dave joined the CIA upon graduation. He was stationed in Tehran undercover and was a member of the team headed by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. that engineered the overthrow of the Iranian government in 1953. After eight years with the CIA, Dave worked for Procter & Gamble and several export/import companies before establishing his own import company and a consulting business specializing in international marketing and foreign-exchange issues.
Dave and his wife, Cynthia, retired to Sanibel/Fort Myers in the late 1980s, spending their summers at the venerable Corlear Bay Club in the northern Adirondacks.
Dave died Jan. 8, 2022, in Cape Coral, Fla. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Cynthia; and three children, including Peter Adams ’81.
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