Background
Reeder, Oliver Howard was born on September 19, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Howard and Nannie Dryden (Kensett) Reeder.
Paint products manufacturing executive
Reeder, Oliver Howard was born on September 19, 1916 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Howard and Nannie Dryden (Kensett) Reeder.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1939.
With, Baltimore Copper Paint Company, Baltimore, since 1939; technical director, treasurer, Baltimore Copper Paint Company, 1939-1947; president, Baltimore Copper Paint Company, since 1947; chairman, Baltimore Copper Paint Company, since 1959; vice president, Baltimore Copper Paint division Glidden-Durkee Division Supply Chain Management Corporation, since 1969; president, Jotun-Baltimore Copper Paint Company, Inc., 1974-1976; vice president, Jotun-Baltimore Copper Paint Company, Inc., 1976-1981.
President Hospital for Consumptives Maryland, 1968-1984, trustee, 1951-1995, trustee emeritus, since 1995. Trustee Gilman School, Baltimore, 1948-1965, Walters Art Gallery, 1978-1983, United States Frigate Constellation Foundation, 1976-1989. TrusteeJohns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1987, trustee emeritus, since 1987, vice Chairman of the Board, 1986-1987.
Trustee Maryland. Hospital Laundry, 1970-1989, president, 1975-1984. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Society Naval Architectsand Marine Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Nancy Hardcastle Fisher, April 18, 1942. Children: Nancy Fisher, Ellen Dryden.