Background
Reynolds, William Glasgow was born on July 15, 1911 in Dover, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Lacey and Harriett Edwina (Glasgow) Reynolds.
Reynolds, William Glasgow was born on July 15, 1911 in Dover, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Lacey and Harriett Edwina (Glasgow) Reynolds.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1932; Juris Doctor summa cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1935.
General practice, Nashville, 1934-1935;
with, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1935-1971;
chief counsel advertising, public relations and central research departments, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1954-1971;
with firm, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware, 1972-1987. Resident counsel Remington Arms Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1940-1941. WithOffice General Counsel, United States Navy, 1942-1943, Executive Office Secretary Navy, 1944, Office Assistant Secretary Navy, 1945.
Permanent member judicial conference 3d Judicial Circuit United States, 1955-1987. Representative chemical industry Water Resources Policy Committee,1950. Member of advisory committee Patent Office, Department Commerce, 1954.
Member International Conference Industrial and Municipal Air Pollution, 1949. Chairman National Committee Assay United States Mints, 1958. American industrial representative Committee Experts on International Trademark Treaties, 1969-1971, United States Government representative, 1972-1973.
Delegate numerous international conferences. Director Delaware Trust Company, Wilmington, 1974-1985, member Executive Committee,1976-1985, trust committee, 1976-1985. Member visiting committee Law School, Vanderbilt University, 1968, member chancellor's council, 1968-1987, chairman Law School development council, 1968.
Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1956. Member Republican National Committee Associates, 1956-1965. Board directors, secretary Rencourt Foundation Delaware, 1955-1987.
Board directors United Community Fund Northern Delaware, 1948-1953, executive committee, 1949-1951. Trustee, chairman building committee Children's Home, Claymont and Wilmington, 1946-1947, president, 1947-1951. Board director, member building committee Delaware Art Center, 1948-1964.
Member Manufacturing Chemists Association (chairman lawyers advisory committee 1954), United States Trademark Association (chairman board, president 1964-1965), Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propertie Industrielle, American, Federal, District of Columbia, Delaware bar associations, Delaware, Tennessee trial lawyers associations, Nashville Bar Association, Navy League United States, Vanderbilt Alumni Association (board directors 1961-1964), Vanderbilt Law Alumni (president 1970-1971), American, Pennsylvania Bonsai societies, Sons Colonial Wars in American, Sons of the American Revolution, Order of Coif, Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (grand officier Wilmington chapter 1972, member national council 1973, grant intendant Eastern United States 1975, delé ge general 1976, grand pelier general United States 1977, of N. American 1978, board directors, president foundation 1979-1981), Chevy Chase (Maryland) Country. Griffith Island (Ontario, Canada).
Aurora Gun (Greenville, Delaware), Greenville Country (Greenville, Delaware) (board directors 1962-1965), Vicmead Hunt (Greenville, Delaware). Wilmington.
Married Nancy Bradford du Pont, May 18, 1940. Children: Katherine Glasgow (Mistress John M. Sturges, Junior), William Bradford, Mary Parminter (Mistress John Schofield Savage), Cynthia du Pont (Mistress Kermit Nelson Farris).