Portland Observer, November 5, 1981 Page 3
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Community honors Dr. Walter Reynolds
By Kathryn H . Bogle
A community affair it turned out
to be.
A banquet in honor o f a friend.
The L loyd Center F o ru m , a
“ booster** group o f business and
professional people operating in the
L lo yd Center area, planned and
spearheaded their aw ard dinner
party to honor D r. W a lte r C .
Reynolds for his outstanding service
to the community.
The event, held October 27 at the
AJladin Room, was an SRO evening
drawing several hundred people to
honor D r. Reynolds. Ouests were
welcomed by Irvin H arris, general
chairman and by Attorney Donald
C. Walker, Master o f Ceremonies.
A fter the invocation by the Rev.
John Whiteneck, City Commission
er Charles Jordan brought greetings
on behalf o f the C ity o f Portland,
saying that Dr. Reynolds is " a man
who cares, who shares, a universal
m an.’ ’ State Treasurer Clay Myers
brought greetings to “ Dr. Reynolds,
a distinguished citizen o f city and
state," from Governor Victor A ti-
yeh. Myers noted that Gov. Atiyeh
and Oeorge Pasero, Oregon Journal
Sports Editor, had been winners o f
the L C F achievement awards in
1979 and 1980.
D r. Lendon Smith, local pediatri
cian and national T V personality,
was principle after-dinner speaker.
D r. Smith and D r. Reynolds were
classmates when both attended Uni
versity o f Oregon Medical school.
D r. S m ith ’ s speech carried its hu
m or into (he medical profession
keeping waves o f audience laughter
rolling through the rooms.
Somewhere in the evening some
one documented that D r. Reynolds
currently serves on the s ta ff o f
Good Sam aritan H o sp ital, P ro v i
dence, St. Vincent. H olladay Park
and Emanuel hospitals, that he is a
current member o f the local
N A A C P , the U rban League, the
City Club and the U .G .N . Dr. Rey
nolds received awards in 1971 and
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D r. Reynolds is a member o f the
A m erican M edical Association o f
Oregon; the M u ltn o m a h C ounty
M edical Society, and the N ational
Medical Association. He is a Diplo-
mate o f the A m erican Board o f
Family Practice and a Fellow o f the
American Academy o f Family Phy
sicians.
Dr. Reynolds is a pioneer in Fam
ily Practice in the modern mode.
Several years ago he set up a Family
Practice residency program, a three-
year train in g p eriod, at Em anuel
H o s p ita l. Phased out a fte r five
years, the program now is accepted
as a specialty such as pediatrics,
neurology and the others.
Born and reared in P o rtla n d ,
Walter Reynolds was the second son
in a family o f three sons— Jack, his
older b ro th e r, now a C a lifo rn ia
m athem atician and scientist, and
Robert, his younger brother, now a
grants specialist for the Agriculture
Extension service o f the University
o f C a lifo rn ia . A sister, Phyllis
Smith, a medical secretary, lives in
P o rtla n d . His parents, P hil and
Elise Reynolds, early residents o f
the Northwest in the 1890s, were in
leadership roles in the life o f the
early P o rtlan d c o m m u nity. His
mother became Oregon’s “ M other
o f the Year” in 1957. His father was
known as a strong fam ily man. He
also had an undaunted racial pride
and used his faith and tireless energy
in locating jobs where there weren’t
any for Black youths who needed to
work to complete their college edu
cations.
Graduating with a bachelor o f sci
ence degree from U . o f O ., W alter
Reynolds encountered no particular
difficulty in entering U. o f O. M edi
cal School, although he was slated
for the U n ited States A ir Force.
With one year o f medical school be
hind him, Reynolds was tapped for
military service.
“ The door at medical school was
left open” for him while the army
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standing Service to the Community.
The large plaque w ill be rotated
among the various business houses
o f the center for year long exhibit
ing. A smaller-sized duplicate was
given to the honored guest for his
keeping. A sterling silver Revere
bowl engraved w ith “ M e tro
Achievement A w ard -1981-D r. W a l
ter C. Reynolds” was a surprise gift.
Other gifts, more personal, were
presented by the forum members to
Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds. Letters and
telegrams arrived from persons who
could not attend. At the family table
were D r. Reynolds’ sister, Phyllis
S m ith, his dau g h ter, E lizab eth
Thomas with her daughter Ife, and
his son Michael and his wife. Walter
The clinic building, completed in
Jr., and daughters Jean and L ord
are in colleges in other states but
sent their love.
A huge basketful o f red roses was
presented by M ars h all G iffo r d ,
flo ris t, on b eh a lf o f the fo ru m .
W ith messages o f ad m iratio n and
' £ ‘fove flo a tin g throu g h the a ir,
l endon Sm ith, with Richard M o f
fat at the piano, led a serenade by
the assembly o f guests to W a lter
Reynolds. They sang “ You’ll Never
Walk A lone" to an outstanding citi
zen— a “ universal m an.”
Reynolds became the fifth Black
physician to practice in Portland bu,
he became the first to build and own
his professional office building.
His medical clinic building on N.
Morris street is on the perimeter o f
the Emanuel hospital campus. It is
named the “ Phil Reynolds Medical
C lin ic ” in honor o f his father. “ It
keeps alive,” the doctor says, “ the
memory o f a man whose name had
nearly disappeared fro m public
mention, yet when living had done
so much in unobtrusive ways for
people in his c o m m u n ity . Leave
something worthwhile for posterity.
Dad always said.”
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1972 for his previous years o f work
with the Boy Scouts o f America. He
also did yeoman’ s work on a study
o f P o rtlan d Public Schools when
then -G o vern or Tom M c C a ll ap
pointed him to the Task Force on
Education.
H ow ard Hobson, the renowned
form er basketball and baseball
coach at University o f Oregon, took
the podium to laud the guest o f hon
o r, calling him a perfect team
m a n ," one o f “ my players from
1940 to 1943"— a man who is “ gen
tlem anly, retiring and undemand
ing. Hobson reflected that he had
also coached Robert Reynolds, bro
ther to W alter, and that D r. Rey
n o ld ’ s son, W a lter J r., had also
made his mark as an outstanding
athlete at Oregon. Hobson recog
nized an old friend, Charles Patter
son, in the banquet audience as one
o f his star “ p layers.” Hobson
concluded his remarks by saying, " I
have had 1,000 boys in my coaching
career and 1 can say that no one o f
them has contributed more to his
family, his community, his state and
to his profession than W alter Rey-
sent Reynolds to Fort Lewis, Fort
Bcnning and to the Philippines for
two years. The U SA F picked up the
tab for the completion o f medical
training. He was the first person o f
his race to be graduated from the
medical school at the University o f
Oregon.
A fte r graduation from medical
school, Reynolds trained to become
an Aviation Medical Examiner and
later he earned his title o f A ir Force
Flight Surgeon. M a rrie d , by this
time, to Mildred Squires o f Seattle,
Reynolds took his w ife and their
young children, Elizabeth, Michael
and W alter J r., to his new assign
ment at Eieleson A FB just south o f
Fairbanks, Alaska. Here he worked
with a squadron during the Korean
conflict, accompanying them on a
number o f missions over the Aleu
tian Islands.
After separating from the service,
Reynolds finished a year’s residency
at Chope General Hospital in San
M ateo . In 1953 he and M ild re d
picked Portland for their home and
Reynolds opened his office for pri
vate practice.
(Photos: Richard J. Brown)
1977, was designed for doctor-pa-
ticn, convenience.
There are 10 exam ining rooms,
five medical offices, an efficient mi
nor surgery suite, a laboratory, and
an X -ra y and d arkro o m . There is
also a physiotherapy room , a spa
cious lounge, plus a large well-light
ed lower level.
Equipment is up-to-the-m inute,
including w all-m o u n ted stethe-
scopes, audio and visual testing
machines, spirometers, EKG and di
athermy machines.
The business o ffic e , em ploying
fou r or five persons, is near the
large com fo rtab le reception area.
S ta ff, aside from the physicians,
ordinarily includes an office mana
ger, a lab technician, a registered
nurse and two licensed practical
nurses. An in-house pharmacy, op
erated
by
an
independent
pharmacist, adds to convenience.
At the close o f the Lloyd Center
banquet, Ivan M enderhout, mana
ger o f L lo yd C en ter, and George
Pasero presented to D r. Reynolds
the plaque o f the M e tro p o lita n
Achievement Awards for his out-
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