John Adair (author) John Adair (author) Professor John Eric Adair (born 18 May 1934) is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business, military and other leadership. Adair was born in Luton and educated at St Paul's School before undertaking his National Service as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards from 1953 to 1955. Unusually, he served as adjutant of a Bedouin regiment in the Arab Legion and was briefly in command of the garrison of Jerusalem in the front line. He also studied at Hull Nautical College (where
John Adair (anthropologist) two other anthropologists published a report of the project in "The People’s Health" in 1970 and later revised the report in 1988. Adair worked with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 1961 to 1964. At the conclusion of his work in the NIMH, he became Professor of Anthropology at San Francisco State University, where he remained until his retirement in 1978. He is also known for the 1972 book, "Through Navajo Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology", which he co-authored with Sol Worth. John Adair (anthropologist) John Adair (1913 in Memphis, Tennessee – December 14, 1997