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 Robert C. Reynolds Jr.
December 12, 2004
Robert C. Reynolds Jr., 77, of 32 Buck Road, Hanover, N.H., died Sunday at home.
Professor emeritus in the Dartmouth College earth sciences department, he was the father of Fayette Reynolds of Pittsfield.
Born in Scranton, Pa., on Oct. 4, 1927, son of Robert Coltart Reynolds Sr. and Ludmilla Kadak Reynolds, he was a 1945 graduate of Dalton (Pa.) High School.
He also graduated from Lafayette College and earned his doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis.
He served in the Army Air Forces.
Mr. Reynolds first worked at Pan American Oil Co. in Tulsa, Okla., performing research into clay minerals. He joined Dartmouth in 1960 as a teacher and productive researcher.
He received the Frederick Hall professor of mineralogy emeritus after 40 years at Dartmouth. In recognition of his lifetime achievements in the field of mineralogy, the Mineralogical Society of America presented him with the Roebling Medal in 2000.
The U.S. Geological Survey and Chevron Texas established the annual Reynolds Cup Competition to recognize his contributions in quantitative mineralogical analysis.
He enjoyed mountain climbing, hunting, mushrooming and pursuing thermals with his self-built, radio-controlled sailplanes. He also enjoyed bonsai and orchid collecting.
His wife, the former RoseAnn Fabrio, died last spring.
Besides his daughter, he leaves another daughter, Jolene Reynolds Garanzha of South Burlington, Vt.; a son, Robert C. Reynolds III of Crofton, Md., and five grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- Memorial services for Robert C. Reynolds Jr., who died Dec. 12, 2004, will be held Saturday, Dec. 18, at 1 at RAND-WILSON FUNERAL HOME, School St., Hanover, N.H. Burial will follow in Pine Knoll Cemetery in Hanover. Robert Reynolds was an explorer as well as a geologist.
Throughout his life, he enjoyed the outdoors and the solitude of nature. He loved the wind on his face, whether from a peak in the Cascades or on a motorcycle ride up Interstate 91. He loved his trips with his students to Lake Powell and hunting with his son.
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