Paul L. Adams (March 25, 1915 – July 28, 1984) was an American academic who served as president of Roberts Wesleyan College from 1974 to 1981.
On the recommendation of Merlin G. Smith, a family friend who was the university's president, he briefly attended Roberts Wesleyan (then known as Chesbrough Seminary) as an undergraduate.
Initially a history and political science professor, he later became head of the social studies department and academic dean.
He was included in debates alongside the Republican and Democratic candidates, Nelson Rockefeller and Arthur Goldberg, respectively.
[5] Adams predicted he would win "somewhere in excess of 700,000 votes and possibly a million", but in fact won 422,514 (7.03% of the total).