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Professor Emeritus of Childhood Education Lee Reynolds (November 24, 1908 -), retired college professor and administrator, was born near New Castle, Indiana, the son of Benjamin Franklin Reynolds and Charity E. Wisehart Reynolds. Reynolds attended Cadiz High School and graduated in 1927. Reynolds is married to Vivian McKee Reynolds and the couple have two children: one son, James Robert Reynolds (February 21, 1939 - ), and one daughter, Maijorie Lee Reynolds (September 29, 1942 -). James Robert Reynolds, Ph.D., North Carolina State University 1966, married Ina Cloer in 1962 and they have four children: three sons, James McKee Reynolds (December 12, 1963 - ), Ronald Clay Reynolds (August 18, 1965 -), and William Preston Reynolds (August 13, 1971 - ), and one daughter, Lela Cloer Reynolds (January 4, 1976 -). Maijorie Lee Reynolds, a registered nurse at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in North Carolina, married George James Pappaioanou in 1968 and the couple have two sons: Christopher James Pappaioanou (April 13,1972 -) and Mark George Pappaioanou (August 26, 1975 -). Lee Reynolds received his B.S. degree in elementary education in 1934 from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. While working on his B.S. degree, Reynolds worked as a fifth- and sixth-grade teacher in Maxwell, Indiana until 1929 and as a teacher and principal in Middleton, Indiana from 1929-35. Reynolds returned to Ball State University in 1936 to pursue his M.A. degree in administration. While working on his M.A. Reynolds taught high school mathematics and history at Winchester High School in Winchester, Indiana. Reynolds received his M.A. in 1937 and continued to work at Winchester High until 1938. In 1938 Reynolds moved to Boone, North Carolina and became a member of the faculty at Appalachian Demonstration School-affiliated with Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University)-where he taught until 1943. From 1940-41 Reynolds was granted a leave of absence to work on his Ed.D. in elementary education at Indiana University. During the Second World War Reynolds joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the Pensacola Naval Air Base in Florida in 1943. Here he taught navigation to naval air force cadets. Lee Reynolds received his Ed.D. in elementary education in 1946 from Indiana University and accepted a position as professor in the Department of Education (Department of Teacher Education before 1970) at Appalachian State University. Reynolds served as chairman of the Department of Childhood Education for three years (1969-72). His publications include: "A Study of Selective Objective Measures and Their Relationship to Success in Student Teaching," in Faculty Publications, May 1965. "Teacher Problems-What are They?" in Appalachian Alumnus, May 1965. While at Appalachian State University Reynolds served on the Summer Quarter Council, University Committee on Business Affairs, University Committee in Traffic and Campus Management, Advanced Placement Committee, and served as sponsor of the Student Chapter of the National Education Association for many years. Professionally, Reynolds held membership in the National Education Association, National Reading Association, National Society for the Study of Education, and Phi Delta Kappa, and is now a member of the Retired Teachers Association. Reynolds retired from his position at Appalachian State University in 1973 and was granted emeritus status by the Board of Trustees in recognition of his twenty-six years of scholarship and leadership at the university upon his retirement. In the community Reynolds has been a member of the Boone Lions Club where he served as president (1955-56), was the recipient of the distinguished service award (1977-78), and is currently treasurer of the club (1984-85). Reynolds has also ably served on the Chamber of Commerce and the Boone Zoning Board. Reynolds is a member of the Boone United Methodist Church where he has served on numerous local, district, and conference committees. In his retirement, Reynolds has been a member of four building teams of the West-em North Carolina conference of the United Methodist Church, and has traveled with building teams to Panama. Mexico, and two locations in Haiti. He has also served as a member of the Town of Boone Beautification Committee since his retirement in 1973, and has received honors and recognition for his services from the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, the Boone Community Appearance Commission. Watauga County Environmental Improvement Committee, Watauga County Farm Bureau, Boone Downtown Merchants Association, WBTV, an honors page by the Town of Boone in Watauga County Heritage, and was the recipient of the Community Service Award (1979) from the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. Sources: Appalachian State University files and personal correspondence. - Dr. Richard D. Howe
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