Reyn died of complications from Parkinson’s disease July 19, 2020.  

He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and prepared for entry to Princeton at the Lawrenceville School. He joined Cap and Gown and majored in English, writing his thesis on “Virginia Woolf.” He sang in the Varsity Glee Club and was a member of the Triangle Club in his senior year.  

Following graduation Reyn served in the Navy, where he spent three years aboard the USS destroyer Manuel as a lieutenant, sailing to Sweden, Denmark, and England. He then went to the Wharton School, graduating in 1958. He had sales jobs at such advertising firms as McCann Erickson, Doyle Dane Bernbach, and ABC Television, where he became vice president of specials at the network.  

In 1970 he moved to Los Angeles to work as an agent with Creative Management Associates. He met and married his wife, Patty, while living at the Marina City Club, where he was an avid tennis player, and then relocated to Manhattan Beach, where he became one of the leading real-estate agents in the South Bay.  

Reyn is survived by Patty, daughter Shannon Shelton, son-in-law Jeremy Shelton, and grandchildren Parker and Kendall. 

Undergraduate Class of 1953