Longtime Residents Ann Kerr, Ken Adams Exchange Vows

Ken Adams and Ann Kerr were married on Sunday, December 28, in a quiet family service in Ann’s garden with the Pacific Ocean glistening in the background.   Their combined seven children and 10 grandchildren were all present, as well as members of their extended families. Officiating was Palisades resident Andy Kelly, a close friend of Ken’s and Ann’s families who introduced the couple in the summer of 2007. A selection of classical music and popular ballads was played by Ken’s sister-in-law Mary Ann Cummins and her daughters Emily and Anna. The bride and bridegroom are longtime Palisadians, who, with their late spouses, Malcolm and Mimi, raised their respective families in town, where they attended local schools. Ken is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Columbia Law School and served as a navigator in the Air Force during the Korean War. Before practicing law, he was a business manager of a local opera company. Ann studied at Occidental College, the American University of Beirut and the American University of Cairo and eventually taught at the latter two universities. She currently runs the Fulbright visiting Scholar Enrichment Program at UCLA. She is the author of two books: ‘Come with Me from Lebanon’ and ‘Painting the Middle East.’   Noting their one-month anniversary, the couple say that they ‘are celebrating every week to catch up, so it’s already four!’   They are heading off on their delayed wedding trip on Saturday to Costa Rica, and then to Puebla, Mexico, to visit Ann’s son, John, and his wife, who are on sabbatical there.