Last week Dr. Dan Adams announced after carefully studied reflection, he has decided not to seek re-election as an Evansville City Councilman At-Large in the Fall of 2019.
In announcing his decision not to run for re-election he said; “it will give prospective candidates, trying to make up their minds to run, may know early that there is an opening for them to contest.”
Dr. Adams also added, “for more than a decade, I have genuinely enjoyed serving the people of this remarkable city”. “I thank those who supported and criticized me, as they both leavened and tempered my performance wisely”. Â “I shall work as hard for you in my last year on council, as I have in the past eleven”. “I will seek other fields of endeavor, as I have no intention of becoming a recluse”.
In October 2015 Herbert Dan Adams, MD, MBA, & at-large Evansville City Council member was chosen as an “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDâ€Â WINNER by the City-County Observer for his diligent efforts as a councilman that paved the way for the enhanced smoking restrictions adopted by the Evansville City Council in 2012.
In 2011 Dr. Adams along with Dr. Steven Becker, MD,  the Director and Associate Dean of Indiana School Medicine-Evansville was quietly working on attracting the IU Medical School to locate to Evansville.  Because of the due diligence of Dr. Becker and Dr. Adams trying to convince our local and State elected officials to support the IU Medical School is now a reality.
Dr. Adams a1982 transplant who has adopted Evansville as his home eloquently states his current goal in life is “to be the BEST At-Large Member of the Evansville City Council I canâ€. In addition to his duties as a Councilman, Dr. Adams has a full life serving the community on the Evansville Airport Board, Port Authority, as a substitute high school teacher EVSC; a Lecturer at Signature School, the University of Evansville, the USI School of Nursing, and the IU Medical School – Evansville.
Prior to giving in to the internal compass that pointed to public service, Dr. Adams spent his life as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in the Evansville area for 26 years after 7 years in the same capacity in Montana. Prior to entering the world of private medicine, Dr. Adams served the United States of America as a ship’s surgeon on the USS John F. Kennedy and as a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. During his service, Dr. Adams was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for Professional Excellence.
Dr. Adams was graduated from Yale University in American Studies and Pre-Med before having his MD conveyed onto him by the Harvard Medical School. Following medical school, he served as an intern at the Brigham Hospital in Boston and completed residencies at the University of Pennsylvania. After his time as an active member of the military, Dr. Adams completed fellowships at the Texas Heart Institute and the Baylor University Medical Center. Recognizing the benefit of a business education to complement his medical practice Dan completed an Executive MBA in Health Care Management at the Olin School of Business, St. Louis, MO
Civic duty has long been a good habit of Dr. Adams who has served in the promotion of both soccer and hockey in Evansville and Missoula, Montana. He takes pride in his membership in the Evansville Northside Kiwanis Club as a devoted soccer coach at the Boys & Girls Club.
It was his time as a surgeon that inspired the passion for public health and the candid willingness to share the truth about the positive health implications of restricting smoking in public. There are many people who were instrumental in the passing of the Evansville Smoking Ordinance in 2012. Without the efforts on the City Council by Dr. H. Dan Adams, this successful accomplishment may have taken much longer than it did and for this, we congratulate Dr. Adams for his tireless promotion of public health and good public policy.
SUMMARY OF COMMUNITYÂ INVOLVEMENT OF DR. DAN ADAMS, MD
Substitute high school teacher EVSC; Lecturer @ Signature School, University of Evansville, USI School of Nursing, IU Medical School – Evansville.
Evansville City Council: January 2008 – December 2015. Evansville City Council Vice-President 2011, 2013 & 2014. Evansville City Council President 2015
One of five individuals on the original YMCA Board that first brought soccer to Missoula, MT in 1975
For the enjoyment of over 1000+ children & their families within 4 years
Member of Evansville Regional Airport Board 2004-2005
Evansville Northside Kiwanis Club, Board & Foundation Member 2004-2008
Mentor Indiana –2004
ISMA 2005 Physician Community Service Award Nominee
Evansville Port Authority Board 2005
Boys & Girls Club Devotee & Soccer Coach
Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery,
Indiana University Medical School–Evansville Community Advisory Committee 2010- Present
Area Health Education Committee Forming Committee 2007- present
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