I ma trying to find a bio for John W Adms, former Chairman of the
board for Hawaiian Airlines, as well as President of Smith MAnagenment
LLC. Can you be of any assistance??

Hello amy_staniszewski-ga,

Here is the information I was able to locate:

“JOHN W. ADAMS has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since
February 2, 1996; he is also Chairman of the Executive Committee. He
has been the President since 1984 of Smith Management LLC, a private
investment firm. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Harvard
Industries, Inc. from October 1994 until November 1998, and was
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Harvard
Industries from February 1997 until November 1998. He served on the
Board of Directors of Servico, Inc., a lodging owner and management
company, from April 1994 until August 1997, being Chairman of the
Board from December 1995 until he resigned from the Board. Mr. Adams
was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Regency Health Services,
Inc., a health care services company, from July 1994 until October
1997. Age 57 (2001).”

Source: Yahoo Finance
Information provided in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2001
Annual Meeting of Shareholders concerning the Company's current
directors and their business experience is incorporated herein by
reference other than the following, which comprise the Executive
Officers of the Company.
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/010402/ha.html

Best wishes,
Bobbie7

I had found one further item:

"From 1972 to 1983 he was a partner in the law firm of Dillon, Bitar &
Luther."
Sun Healthcare Group: Shareholder Meeting Announcement (May 20, 2003)
http://www.sunh.com/Production/AboutSHG/proxy_statement_2003.pdf

The above letter indicates that he was being nominated for the Board
of Directors of Sun Healthcare.