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Besides giving to Harvard, Reynolds worked hard to encourage others to do the same: he was the assistant to the president for development under former Harvard presidents James B. Conant '14 and Nathan M. Pusey '28.
Reynolds raised money for the Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and for the endowment, scholarships and faculty salary funds. He was also a consultant in building the Science Center.
Harry Colt was an associate in the University Development Office when Reynolds worked there.
After spending a year at Harvard Business School, Reynolds began a career in the textile industry as an apprentice wool sorter. He rose through the ranks of the industry to become co-owner of a small hosiery mill in Gloucester, Mass.
The mill collapsed during a 1932 strike. Reynolds later wrote in his class report, "I witnessed physical violence which involved attempted murder...management won a technical victory, but actually everyone lost."