Robert Hugo Adams, R. Hugo Adams
dams, Robert Hugo
Editor, publisher, writer.
Personal: Born Dec 6, 1943, Washington, DC; son of Gerald H and Ella Mary Hodge; divorced; children: Tiffany K Adams.
Educ: DC Teachers Col, Wash, DC, BS, 1967; Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, 1973.
Career: Xerox Corp, Honolulu, HI, salesman, 1973-74; KGMB Radio & TV, Honolulu, salesman, writer, 1974-75; H R Adams & Assoc, Honolulu, owner, 1975-76; CS Wo Furniture, Honolulu, salesman, 1976-78; Levitts Furniture, Garden City, NY, salesman, 1978-80; New York Amsterdam News, Harlem, NY, acct exec, bus ed, 1980-81; Minority Business Review, Hempstead, NY, ed, publisher, 1981-; Econ Forum, ed; Articles: White House Conf of Small Business, 1986; African-Americans abused by corporations & agencies, 1988; Books: 15 Years of Minority Business Development, 1995; When WBLS Comes to Harlem, New York Times.
Orgs: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 1962-; Asn Minority Enterprises New York, 1980-; Nat Minority Bus Coun, 1981-; Minority Bus Enterprise Week Planning Comn, 1984-; Nat Asn Minority Contractors, 1986-; New York Region Small Bus Admin Adv Coun, 1988-; mentor, Small Bus Enterprise Ctr, State Univ New York, Old Westbury, 1988-; adv, New York State Sci & Technol Prog, 1988-; Procurement Task Force, 100 Black Men Nassau/Suffolk, 1989-; chmn, Street Fair, Celebrate Hempstead 350th Anniversary; Congregational Church South Hempstead; bd dir, Uniondale Hispanic Civic Asn,2000-; bd dir, The 100 Black Men Long Island; 2003-06.
Honors/Awds: Writing Excellence Award, Advertising Club of New York, 1980; Outstanding Journalism Award, Assn Minority Enterprises of New York, 1983; Regional Minority Advocate of the Year, Minority Business Devel Agency, US Dept Commerce, 1987; Service Award, Equal Opportunity Commn Nassau County, 1988; African American Achievement Award, New York Million Dollar Boys Club, 1988; African Amerocan Award, United New Jersey Minority Business Brain Trust, 1989; began publishing first newspaper dedicated to minority business success, Minority Business Review, 1981; resulting in funding for the Apollo Theater, 1982; series of radio interviews, MBR Forum, 1989; Media Award, Natl Minority Bus Council, 1995; Business Advocacy Award, Brooklyn Minority Business Development Center, 1995; Media Advocacy Award, US Dept Commerce, Minority Business Develop Agency, NY Region, 1995; Certificate of Recog, Incorporated Village Hempstead & Town Hempstead, 1995.
Military Serv: AUS, capt, 1968-72.
Business Addr: Editor, Publisher, Minority Business Review, 236 Fulton Ave Suite 201, Hempstead, NY 11550,
Business Phone:(516)486-4211.
