At TCU, it was the students that held his interest. He did the administrative work and money-raising expected of him by the school, the son said, but those things were secondary to Dr. Reed's work with students. Dr. Reed was born in Defiance, Ohio, and received a bachelor of arts degree from Hiram College in 1934 and a bachelor of divinity from Yale University Divinity School in 1934. He earned a certificate of archaeology at the American School of Oriental Research in 1938 and his doctorate from Yale in 1942. He is survived by his son and three grandsons.
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