Lloyd J. Reynolds Collection |
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Chronology |
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| 1902 | LJR is born June 18 in Bemidji, Minnesota | |
| 1904 | LJR and family move to Spokane, Washington | |
| 1914 | Moves to Portland with family | |
| 1920 | Graduates from Franklin High School | |
| 1924 | Receives B.S. from Oregon State University in botany and forestry (School of Forestry) | |
| 1924-25 | Works in a commercial advertising/lettering shop, does not like it | |
| 1925 | Marries Virginia Bliss | |
| 1926 | Receives BA degree from University of Oregon in English Literature | |
| 1926-27 | Teaching Fellow at Roseburg High School, Oregon | |
| 1927 | Returns to University of Oregon for graduate work in English | |
| 1929 |
Receives an MA in English literature from University of Oregon
Hired by Reed College as an Instructor in English to teach creative writing and English |
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| 1930 | Birth of son, John | |
| 1932 | Birth of son, Richard | |
| 1934 | Orders Edward Johnston's "Writing and Illuminating and Lettering" and starts to study paleography and alphabets | |
| c.1937 | Begins to teach informal, non-credit classes in "alphabetic communication", 3 hr. classes twice a week, first hour lecture, rest studio work with edged pen or printing types | |
| 1948 | Starts teaching first formal calligraphy class at Reed for credit | |
| 1949 | Sets up and teaches Graphic Arts Workshop, Eliot Hall, 3rd fl. | |
| 1950 | Begins to teach calligraphy night classes at the Portland Museum Art School | |
| 1952 | Becomes a founding member of the Society for Italic Handwriting of England, later made an American Vice-President | |
| 1954 | House on Unamerican Activities Committee, testifies before the Velde Hearings | |
| mid-1950s | All Portland high schools and most of the elementary schools are teaching italic as art projects | |
| 1956 & on | LJR brings Arnold Bank to Portland to lecture; so successful brought back the following year for a 6-week summer session | |
| 1958 | Organizes influential Portland Art Museum's exhibit "Calligraphy: the Golden Age and its Modern Revival" with two others | |
| 1959-60 | Sabbatical in Europe (Germany, The Netherlands, England, Italy) focusing on England and Italy | |
| 1968 |
Organizes the Western American Branch of the Society for Italic Handwriting (changed to Portland Society for Calligraphy in 1983)
Makes 20 half-hour programs on "Italic Calligraphy and Handwriting" for the Oregon Education Television Service in Men Who Teach, broadcast 14 times over the next 7 years Gives commencement address at Reed, "Grow It!" |
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| 1969 |
Retires from Reed as full professor in art
Receives the Portland Art Museum Distinguished Service Award |
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| 1970 | Wife Virginia dies | |
| 1972 |
Receives Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Reed College
Named Calligrapher Laureate of Oregon by Gov. Tom McCall |
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| 1974 | Statewide option for Italic Handwriting in Oregon schools offered due to his influence | |
| 1975 | Marries Judith Reynders, a Psychology Professor at Portland Community College | |
| 1976 | Redoes the "Italic Calligraphy and Handwriting" film programs for the Oregon Educational Television Service in color | |
| 1977 |
Receives the Aubrey R. Watzek Award from Lewis & Clark College
Teaches last Haystack Workshop in summer |
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| 1978 |
Receives Governor's Award for the Arts in January
Dies October 4th |
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