Bachelor father: the first single man to legally adopt a child in america - Bill W. Jones

On February 13, 1969, I signed adoption papers that immediately became a historical document.

I am the first single man in America, and I believe, the world, to adopt a child through an authorized government agency-in this case, the San Francisco City and County Social Services Adoption Agency.

My story was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle , Associated Press, Family Health magazine, and became international news.

Since that event, all 50 states have been changing their laws, for or against single parent adoption.

My son, Aaron, and I were flown to New York to be on To Tell the Truth and to Philadelphia for The Mike Douglas Christmas Show , then to New York again in 1984 for The Phil Donahue Show .