Elucidations
by Alyson Taylor-White
New Reynolds UVa National Youth Leadership
Initiatives Named
his past July, as in
the seven ones previous, the Center for Politics at UVa
sponsored a salute to one of Virginia’s great
politicians. They gathered this year in Richmond to discuss the
life and career of the late Julian Sargeant Reynolds. Known
affectionately as “Sarge,” he was seen by members
of both parties as the heir apparent of Virginia politics.
This was the eighth in the Virginia Political
History Project series. Sarge Reynold’s friends and
family gathered to hear anecdotes and panel discussions on his
legacy. All agreed it was a tragedy that his life was so
tragically cut short. On June 13, 1971 he died from
complications of an inoperable brain tumor. He was 34 years
old, and
in that short life he squeezed what for
some would have been a whole career that still amazes those who
knew him, and those of us who were not so lucky to do so. Those
who worked closely with him were there including two former
Governors, the Hon. Lynwood Holton and Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, as well as former Attorney General Andy Miller, and former gubernatorial candidate William C. Battle.
Governors, the Hon. Lynwood Holton and Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, as well as former Attorney General Andy Miller, and former gubernatorial candidate William C. Battle.
Many said being born into great wealth
(his family was connected to Reynolds Metals) didn’t have
anything to do with his golden boy persona. He worked hard for
every achievement, and in the process set an example to younger
and older gen
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