Santa Clarita Valley History In Pictures

Judge Adrian W. Adams
Newhall, California

April 11, 2003 — Retired Judge Adrian Adams' official nameplate and commemorative gavels are reminders of his service on the bench and as the first president of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital board.

Adrian W. Adams was appointed judge of the Newhall Municipal Court in 1970 by Gov. Ronald Reagan. For the first time, the Newhall Judicial District had two judges. (C.M. MacDougall, already seated, was the other.) By the time Adams retired from the bench in 1991, a third seat had been added to the court.

Adams opened a law practice on San Fernando Road in Newhall on May 1, 1953, and partnered with attorney James Lowder. One career highlight as a judge was the arraignment of the two suspects in the 1970 Newhall Incident, which came just months after his appointment to the bench. In terms of community service, one of his biggest contributions was to chair the board that created Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.


LW2170b: 9600 dpi jpeg from digital photograph by Leon Worden
JUDGE ADRIAN ADAMS

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Legacy 2004


Judge Adams' Tales of the Newhall Court
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1950s

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1950s

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1950s

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1970

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With C.M. MacDougall 1970

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~1973

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COC-IRC Dedication 1974

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HMNMH with Tom Lowe 1974

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Hospital Expansion 1980s

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2003

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2003

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