William Lord W. Reed ’38

Bill Reed died of pneumonia at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center on Dec. 17, 1998, his 82nd birthday. Bill prepared at Choate School, where he was on the soccer and wrestling teams and the school paper board. At Princeton he majored in politics, earned his letter on the varsity soccer and wrestling teams, and was a member of Cap and Gown Club and Theatre Intime.

During WWII, Bill served in the Army and was discharged as a captain. Thereafter, settling in Baltimore, he worked as an investment banker until the early 1960s, when he became president of the William H. Whiting Co., a marine and industrial supply business. He retired in the late 1980s, enjoyed sailing and hunting, and was president of the first board of directors at St. Paul's School for Girls. Bill's first wife, Barbara, died in 1981; his second wife, Margaret, died in 1997. He is survived by a daughter, Barbara Reed Vilar, a brother, John D., and six grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1938