Richard Samuel Reynolds, Jr (Richard Samuel Reynolds)

Richard Samuel Reynolds, Jr

Businessman. President of the Reynolds Metals Co., (1948-1963) and was Chairman of the Board (1963- 1980). The company was originally founded by his father in 1928 and was grandnephew of the Reynolds who founded the tobacco company. He helped launch a Wall Street brokerage firm that went onto become part of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. Reynolds also helped introduce the aluminum can.  Family links:  Parents:  Richard Samuel Reynolds (1881 – 1955)  Julia Louis Parham Reynolds (1883 – 1980)  Spouse:  Virginia McDonald Sargeant Reynolds (1914 – 2014)*  Children:  Julian Sargeant Reynolds (1936 – 1971)*  Sibling:  Richard Samuel Reynolds (1908 – 1980)  David Parham Reynolds (1915 – 2011)* *Calculated relationship

Born

  • May, 27, 1908
  • USA

Died

  • October, 10, 1980
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Reynolds Homestead Cemetery
  • Virginia
  • USA

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