Résumé

Draftee, US Army, Europe, c. 1950.

Designer, Seafirst Bank, Seattle, WA, -1984. Reyes selected an early retirement option when offered by Seafirst Bank in 1984. This was just after Seafirst ran into serious financial difficulties in 1982, and was taken over by the Bank of America the following year.

High School/College

Coursework, Chemawa Indian School, Salem, OR, 1940-1942

Graduate, Okanagon High School, Okanogan, WA, 1949.

Graduate, Wenatchee Junior College, Wenatchee, WA. (This institution was renamed "Wenatchee Valley College.")

Coursework, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA. c. 1953- 1959. He studied art according to the UW Tyee Yearbook of 1959,(p. 132.) Reyes also studied interior design.

Relocation

As a child, Reyes resided with his mother on the Colville Indian Reservation in Nespelem, WA, on 04/01/1932 and on 04/01/1934. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1932; Roll: M595_55; Page: 194; Line: 13; Agency: Colville, accessed 08/28/2019 and Source Citation Year: 1934; Roll: M595_56; Page: 201; Line: 12; Agency: Colville, accessed 08/28/2019.) His mother had lived here since at least 1926.

His parents separated in 1939, and soon thereafter, he and his sister were sent to the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, OR, in 1940–1942

As a UW student in 1953, Reyes lived at 4708 18th Avenue NE in Seattle. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1953, p. 1155.)

Between 1978 and 1990, Reyes owned land in Chelan County, WA.

Reyes had an address of 2317 19th Avenue South, Seattle, WA, in 1993 and1320 NW Kenny Drive in Pullman, WA, in 1994.

Parents

His mother was Mary Christian Hall Reyes (born 1913 or 1914). His father was Julian Reyes, who was born in the Philippines. Mary divorced Julian and remarried his one-time business partner, Harry Wong. Reyes and Wong had operated a Chinese restaurant together in 1935-1937 near the Grand Coulee Dam.

He had a brother, Bernie Whitebear (1937-2000) and a sister, Luana Reyes (1933-2001)

Spouse

He wed Joyce Meacham, a member of the Yakama and Warm Springs Indian Tribes, in 1955.

• Bend, OR (Architect's Birth)
  Bend, OR 97703

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