Willard Reed

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Reed, Willard (26 June 1876 - 1944)

Reed, who was born in Mount Vernon, New York, graduated from Harvard College and received his A.M. after study at the Harvard Divinity School in 1895. Reed spent much of his career as an educator, both as an administrator and teacher.

In Massachusetts, Reed served at the Roxbury Latin School as well as the Browne and Nichols School. A local political activist, Reed sat on the Cambridge City Democratic Committee. After retirement from education, Reed returned to the ministry, informally serving Unitarian parishes in the Cambridge area. Both his son, Capt. Willard J. Reed, 32, and grandson, John Reed Copeland, 18, were killed in World War II.