Eagle Scout: November 11, 2008
Tod Rainsford Reel Jr.
(Image via Spartanburg Herald-Journal, June 20, 2009)
Tod Rainsford Reel Jr. is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Tod Rainsford Reel of Spartanburg. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout on November 11, 2008. His brother, John Toliver Reel, also earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
For his Eagle project, Rainsford constructed four low ropes course stations for the Glenn Springs Academy. When his Eagle was reported, he was fourteen and a student at Spartanburg Day School, where he was on the soccer team, the junior varsity basketball team and the varsity baseball team and was on the high honor roll. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and its junior high youth group, and he belonged to the Order of the Arrow.
He graduated from Spartanburg Day School as valedictorian, from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business administration in 2017, and from Wake Forest University School of Law with a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2020.
Sources: “Reel Achieves Rank of Eagle Scout,” Spartanburg Herald-Journal, June 20, 2009; LinkedIn; Troop 1 archives.
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