Born New York, New York
DOB May 16, 1945
Parents Myron Adams, Sr. and Carol Boehme
Education B.S. from MIT Sloan Fellows MBA degree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloan_Fellows
Electrical engineer, executive- lifelong career at American Electric Power
He loved to volunteer his time. He worked on the UNCF fundraising team at AEP. He volunteered with refugees and on the board of his church.
Myron grew up in New York City running around the city, pulling pranks and wreaking havoc. He told stories of launching rockets in the city and creating gigantic lions out of snow in front of the New York library. He boasted of singing like an angel with his boys choir at Carnegie Hall. He and his sister used to count railroad steam engine cars from a church across from the Hudson river. Myron also spent time in Boston at MIT, where he took part in pranks like re-constructing a well in a friend's dorm room and putting a telephone booth on top of an academic building. He was a proud member of the MIT crew team. He received his B.S. and Sloan Fellows MBA degrees from MIT.
Myron was a lifetime employee of American Electric Power, where he worked as an electrical engineer, and later as an executive. Myron moved his family from Tarrytown, NY when AEP moved from New York to Ohio.
Myron's lifetime love of learning was apparent with his weekly trips to Upper Arlington libraries, and over 100 classes he audited in the Program 60 at OSU. His sister took him to the library when he was too young to get his own library card, and he taught himself to read.
He was a New Yorker at heart, but Upper Arlington was a close second, a community where he felt safe and welcomed. Myron frequented many favorite Upper Arlington spots. His family will always remember his love of sweet treats from the Goodie Shop, ice cream sodas at Graeter's, and comfort meals from MCL and Carsonie's.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was also an important part of his life. AA was a way of life for him, and his second family. He would want others to know that there should be no stigma about battling this disease.
But Myron's main purpose in life was to be a loving grandfather to his six grandchildren. He adored them all. His whole life was his grandkids. He loved hearing about their lives and going to their sports competitions and school events. He would buy them their favorite snacks, even when it was so many boxes of granola bars that there was nowhere to put them. Years ago, he took his daughter and his granddaughter to see a movie about the first falconress in Mongolia, and he sang along to his granddaughter a song about how girls can do anything. He had a special experience years ago with his grandson when they went to a barnstorming carnival and they got to ride in a biplane. He visited his grandchildren in Wisconsin whenever he could. Just last winter he braved a Wisconsin blizzard to take his grandkids to the Dells. When his 11 year old grandson wasn't allowed to ride alone in the go-kart, he didn't hesitate to ride with him even though it took 2 people to help him in. He loved telling the kids stories and jokes, and he just had so much joy when he was with them.
Myron is survived by his two grown children, Kathy and Chris, as well as his ex-wife and dear friend Dianne, and his long term girlfriend of over 20 years, Ann. He is survived by his three loving sisters and their children.
Please send donations to Maryhaven https://maryhaven.com/ and to UNCF https://uncf.org/ and to St. Jude’s Hospital https://www.stjude.org/
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