# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-adams-q4057353
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:08:59.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-adams-q4057353"
name: "Walter Adams"
slug: "walter-adams-q4057353"
description: "Walter Adams was an Austrian-born American economist and college professor. He served as the 13th President of Michigan State University and served as an expert witness before 36 congressional committees."
tagline: "American economist and college professor (1922–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Walter_Adams_1.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-08-27"
deathDate: "1998-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.44
  momentum:             10.04399323181049
  historical:           5.474262666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Walter Adams (economist)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Адамс, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Adam"
    title: "Walter Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0_%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98)"
    title: "უოლტერ ადამსი (ეკონომისტი)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4057353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump