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 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

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