Résumé

Draftsman, E. Geoffrey Bangs, Architect, 1930-1932.

Employee, Home Owners Loan Corporation, San Francisco, CA, c. 1935-10/1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1502, accessed 04/09/2026.)

Partner, Reynolds and Chamberlain, Oakland, CA, Architects, 1937- . Reynolds and Chamberlain maintained their office at 3833 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland in 1949. (See Pacific Bell Oakland, CA, Telephone Directory, 1949, p. 444.)

Principal, Malcolm D. Reynolds, AIA, Architect, Oakland, CA, -1958.

Principal, Malcolm D. Reynolds, FAIA, Architect, Oakland, CA. 1958-

Professional Activities

Reynolds joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA), East Bay Chapter, in 1945.

Vice-President, AIA, East Bay Chapter, 1952.

President, AIA, East Bay Chapter, 1953.

Vice-President, AIA, California Council of Architects, 1953. (See "California Council of Architects," Architect and Engineer, 08/1953.)

President, AIA, California Council of Architects, 1954-1960.

Regional Director, AIA, California Council, 1960-1963.

Member, State of California, Board of Architectural Examiners, 1955.

President, State of California, Board of Architectural Examiners, 1958.

When surveyed in 1962, Reynolds indicated that he was a Registered Architect in the State of California.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1958.

College

B.Arch., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1928.

M.S., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1929. Graduate training in architecture, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1930.

College Awards

Elected to Tau Sigma Delta, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1930.

Relocation

Architect Malcolm D. Reynolds was born in Santa Rosa, CA, on 01/19/1906, about three months before the great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 04/18-20/1906.

While a student at the University of California in 1928, Reynolds resided at 2723 Webster Street. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 1244.)

In 1940, he and his wife and daughter resided at 5923 Marie Way in Oakland. At this time, the house had an estimated value of $7,500, on par with those of neighboring dwellings. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00446; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-32, accessed 04/09/2026.) They continued to live here in 1949. (See Pacific Bell Oakland, CA, Telephone Directory, 1949, p. 444.)

Born in Santa Rosa, CA, Reynolds died in Alameda County, CA, at the age of 89.

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Haehnlen.

Spouse

He wed Norma Dorothy Lundgren (born 10/06/1906 in CA-d. 02/11/1985 in Alameda County, CA) on 02/16/1934 in Oakland CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 04/09/2026.)

Children

He and Norma had a daughter, Barbara Ann Reynolds (born 05/1937 in CA). She graduated from Miramonte High School, in 1963. (See Miramonte High School Mirada Yearbook, 1963, p. 44.)

Biographical Notes

In 1940, Reynolds’s World War II draft registration card listed him as being Caucasian, with brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion. He stood 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighed 165 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1502, accessed 04/09/2026.)

SSN: 569-28-3799.