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Senator Vickers leads Senate remembrance for Fred C. Adams, founder of Utah Shakespeare Festival
Summary
Senator Vickers asked the Senate to pause for a remembrance of Fred C. Adams, who founded the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 1961; Vickers described Adams’ long contribution to the arts and personal character.
Senator Vickers used personal privilege on the floor to inform senators that Fred C. Adams, founder of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, had passed away and offered a remembrance of Adams’ life and work.
Vickers recounted that Adams founded the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 1961 with a small donation from the Cedar City Lions Club and that Adams helped build the festival into a major cultural institution in Utah. He described Adams’s hands-on approach to productions and his personal warmth and wit. The chamber observed a moment of silence.
President Adams led the Senate in a brief moment of silence and thanked Senator Vickers for recognizing Adams’s contributions to the state’s cultural life.
