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Revision as of 20:29, 22 March 2015
Born: Reed Gwillim Law Jr. (Gwil)
- January 6, 1945
- Middletown, CT
Spouse: Janice Black Law (m. April 2, 1977, Philadelphia, MS)
Children: Reed Gwillim Law III, Evan Stanley Law, Blake Thomas Law, and Shirley Elizabeth Law
Parents: Reed Gwillim Law and Jean Inglis Law
Step-parent: Bobbie Winifred Law
Sibling: Steven Inglis Law
Half-siblings: Zachary Law, Zebulon Law, and Bronwyn Merhige
Step-siblings: Susan Elizabeth Smith and Michael Ralston
Early Life
- Ca. 1951, moved in with grandparents Harry Nathan Law and Bessie Gwillim Law in Forestville, CT.
- All my earliest vivid memories are of playing with children on Kenney St.: Tracy Reed, Jimmy and Sheila Herens, Jackie Porch, the Zurrells, etc.
- Attended first grade at Greene-Hills School. Was placed in third grade for arithmetic and fourth grade for reading.
- Spent most of a year in Spain and France with Reed on sabbatical, 1955-56
Education
- Cortland Jr.-Sr. High School, Cortland, NY, 1956-62
- MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1962-66: S.B.
- Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 1966-69: M.A.
Career
- Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, 1969-75: assistant professor
- Alston Division of Conrac Corp., Duarte, CA, 1976-80: programmer
- Aerojet ElectroSystems, Azusa, CA, 1980-84: programmer
- Systonetics, Fullerton, CA, 1984-86: programmer
- RainBird, Glendora, CA, 1986-88: programmer
- GLV / Encompass / BridgePoint, Cary, NC, 1990-2003: data administrator
- Measurement Incorporated, Durham, NC, 2006-2014: computational linguist
- other shorter-lasting jobs
Accomplishments
- collected telephone directories, with over 3,500 at one point
- for fun, visited as many Friendly Ice Cream and Sandwich Shops as I could. Finally, in July 1974, I reached a total of 416 different Friendlys, which I have reason to believe was the entire set at that time. They ranged from Maine to Maryland to Ohio
- published "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries," 1999
- wrote about 11 songs to entertain friends
- possibly the first person ever to give a party to celebrate his gigasecond—one billionth second of living, Sept. 14, 1976, Monrovia, CA
Health
Faith
- Christian, reformed
- First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, CA: deacon 6 years, elder 4 years
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Durham, NC: deacon 6 years
- Choir member