Reed Gwillim Law Jr.

Born: Reed Gwillim Law Jr. (Gwil)

January 6, 1945

Middletown, CT

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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 Nathan Dennett Law, Robert Royal Zebulon Law, and Zoe Honor Bronwyn Merhige

Step-siblings: Susan Elizabeth Smith and Michael Ralston

Early Life

• 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
• published "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries," 1999
• wrote about 11 songs to entertain friends

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