Robert Dwight Reynolds Jr.

Robert Dwight Reynolds, Jr. passed away on July 1, 2013. He was born on Governors’ Island, New York, on August 2, 1944, the son of Robert Dwight Reynolds and Louise Persina Reynolds. Bob was a long-time resident of Columbia, Maryland. He received his PhD from the University of South Columbia in American History, in 1974 and later obtained a Masters’ Degree in Library Science and Archival Studies from the University of Maryland in 1989. Early in his career, he taught Advanced Placement American History at the Park School in Baltimore, Maryland. Bob was an historian and an archivist for the AFL-CIO, and he was Editor of their magazine, “Labor Heritage”. He was a faculty member of the George Meany Center for Labor Studies-the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland. Bob was a long-time member and participant in the International Association of Labor History Institutions (IALHI). He organized their United States conference in Washington, D.C., and attended yearly world-wide sessions of the organization. His PhD thesis, “The Millionaire Socialists: J.G. Phelps Stokes and His Circle of Friends”, is often referenced in historical articles. He was an avid tennis and volleyball player. Bob truly loved books, amassing a collection of over 4000 books and articles on American history and politics, baseball, mystery and other genres. He is survived by his sister, Virginia Reynolds Vogel, and his brother, Frederic W. Reynolds and five nieces and nephews and nine grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

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