J Sargeant Reynolds

Julian Sargeant Reynolds was born June 30, 1936 in New York City moved in 1938 to Richmond with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Samuel Reynolds, Jr. Mr. R. S. Reynolds of the Reynolds Metals Company was President from 1948-63 and became CEO in 1963. Julian Sargeant Reynolds attended Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia, and the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1958. He joined the Reynolds Metals Company and worked in the Market Research Department until 1959. He later worked with the Corporate Planning Department until 1961 leaving to become the companies assistant treasurer. In January, 1965, he was elected Executive Vice President of Reynolds Aluminum Credit Corporation. In 1964 he was elected to the House of Delegates from the Richmond and Henrico County district. He served in the House until his election to the 13th senatorial (Richmond and Henrico) district of the Virginia General Assembly. He resigned from the senate in 1969 to serve as the elected lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1970 until his death June 13, 1971. Julian Sargeant Reynolds was married twice. The first marriage was performed in Hertford, N. C., September 29, 1956 to Elizabeth Weir Veeneman of Louisville, Kentucky. The couple had three children, Virginia Weir, J. Sargeant, and Jeanne Elizabeth. The couple divorced in 1969. His second marriage was to the former Mary Ballou Handy of Lynchburg, Va., in 1969. By his second marriage he had one son, Richard Roland.