Henry T. Reynolds ’63

Henry T. Reynolds ’63 died June 9, 2019, at his home in Hardwick, Vermont. He was born in New Mexico into a Dartmouth family and raised in Denver and attended Denver Country Day School, where he was an athlete in four sports. At Dartmouth Henry majored in government and was active in the Dartmouth Christian Union, Film Society, and Greensleeves. He then joined the Peace Corps, where he met Lisa, who became his wife for 53 years. They were assigned to Morocco and taught English to middle-schoolers. After the Peace Corps Henry earned a Ph.D. in politics and methodology at the University of North Carolina and joined the faculty at the University of Delaware, where he taught and did research for 30 years. He earned the University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award in 1978; one colleague said that “he could teach statistics to a cabbage.” He retired in 2003 and became professor emeritus. Henry and Lisa moved to Vermont, where he indulged in his interests in the Old and New testaments, American politics, University of North Carolina sports teams, and the Baltimore Orioles. He worked tirelessly to make the world a better place and was known among his friends as a great colleague, even when he was on the opposite side of an issue. Henry lost his left arm many years ago in an accident, but the loss did not slow him down. He is survived by Lisa, two children, and a grandchild.