Background
Reynolds, Walter Ford was born on May 25, 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Robert Fuller and Catherine (Myers) Reynolds.
Reynolds, Walter Ford was born on May 25, 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Robert Fuller and Catherine (Myers) Reynolds.
Baltimore City College, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1902. Graduate work, same university, 1902-1905.
Baltimore City College, 1905-1906. Computer United States Naval Observatory, Washington, District of Columbia, January-February 1907. With United States Coast and Geodetic Survey since 1907.
Computer United States and Canada boundary survey, 1908-1911.
Chief mathematician, 1912-1924. Chief section triangulation, division of geodesy, since 1924.
Member Washington Philosophical Society, Mathematics Association of America, American Geophysical Union, National Geography Society, Washington Academy Sciences, National Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
Married Ada C. Williams, June 26, 1907. Children: Catherine A. Mummert, Robert West., Walter F. Instructor.