Donor Spotlight: Addie Adams
July 16, 2025
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College of Education Donor Support Spotlight
Addie Fuller Adams
New Education Building Room name:
Louise S. and Edwin S. Fuller Instructional Computer Laboratory, located on the second floor
Named after:
Adams' brother and sister-in-law
Louise S. and Edwin S. Fuller are pictured.
Their story:
Louise S. Fuller graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1973 and was an English teacher at Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City, Alabama, retiring from Georgia Northwestern Technical College in Rome, Georgia. Edwin S. Fuller graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Education in 1969 and a Master of Education degree in 1972. He taught vocational agriculture and was the principal of Dadeville High School.
Edwin Fuller’s brother, Nicholas Fuller, graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree in Agricultural Education, and his sister, Addie Fuller Adams, graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1970 in Education from Auburn University.
Adams also established the Fuller Family Endowed Scholarship in the College of Education. This scholarship is in memory of her parents, V. Wallace Fuller, Sr., and Thelma Wheeler Fuller, and it also honors Edwin and Louise Fuller. Over the course of Adams' 40-year career, she served as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor, school administrator and educational consultant. She was the first female junior high school principal in Bay County, Florida.
Tell us the “why” behind your decision to name a room in the College of Education’s new building:
"As a lifelong educator, it has been important to me to create a legacy supporting students and teachers,” Adams said. "When I recently suffered a serious illness, my sister-in-law and brother provided comfort and much-needed support during my recovery. They were also educators and Auburn lifetime alumni, so I knew the naming of a room in the education building would be the perfect way to honor them while continuing to support the legacy of education at Auburn University.”
What excites you most about the College of Education’s new building?
"I was a graduate student when Haley Center was built and opened for classes, so it is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the new College of Education Building more than 50 years later,” Adams said.
There’s so much to love about Auburn and its College of Education. What do you love most?
"What I love most about Auburn is that it is a true family and not just an institution,” Adams said.
The New Building
The new College of Education building is located at the corner of West Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive. The 167,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art instructional and research facility includes modern and collaborative classrooms, instructional laboratories, research spaces, up-to-date technology and administrative spaces for faculty and staff. Visit our new building website to learn more about how you can support the building.
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