David Quinlan Reed ’53

An Andover graduate, Dave roomed with Ruck Bailey and John Burchard. He belonged to Key and Seal, ran track, and was majoring in chemistry. He left Princeton after his junior year to join the Army and rounded out his education at Stanford and the U. of Michigan law school. He married Astrid "Tink" Henke in '59. Dave began 39 years of lawyering with a large Kansas City firm in 1960 and left to open his own shop six years later. Dave had a myriad of interests. He camped, fished, and hunted. A steadfast Republican, he had a lasting concern for politics and was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1972. He was a scholar of medieval Irish history and wrote award-winning heraldic poetry. He was an influential member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. We miss our caring friend and extend very real sympathy to Tink, sons, Dupuy Warrick, James A. II, and John, and daughter Ellen Walsh.

The Class of 1953