Charles L. Adair (21 November 1902 – 2 July 1993) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy during the early-Cold War.

[2] Born in Texas, his family resettled in California in 1908.

[3] Graduating from Annapolis in 1926, Adair attended the Naval Postgraduate School after seven years serving afloat.

[3] he died of pneumonia in 1993 at age 90.

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