WILLIAM FREDERICK REINHOLD
Email: pgc2014@vatemplars.com
Grand Commander
2014-2015

Sir Knight William F. “Bill” Reinhold was born in New York City on Independence Day in 1951. He was baptized in St. John’s Episcopal Church which, prior to completion of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in 1964, was right across from the Parade Field and Officers’ Quarters of Fort Hamilton. General Robert E. Lee, as a Captain serving as Post Engineer at Fort Hamilton from 1841 to 1846, was a Vestryman of that Church. General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as a Major while stationed at Fort Hamilton with his regiment from 1848 to 1850, was baptized at that Church on 29 April 1849. Hence the Church is known as the “Church of the Generals” and the classical portraits of them arc on the walls of the Lec and Jackson Parish Hall.

Bill did not have the opportunity to know either of his grandfathers, both Master Masons, because they had died before he was born. Bill’s dad, a senior DeMolay, died about six months before Bill’s tenth birthday. It was in Lee and Jackson Parish Hall on a Sunday morning about five years after his dad’s death, where his mother, a member of the Order of Eastern Star until she died in 2009, prompted him to ask the nearby older boys about something called DeMolay. His Initiatory Degree was on the 22nd Anniversary of D-Day in Theodore Roosevelt Chapter at the Bay Ridge Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY. His DeMolay Degree was on 20 June 1966. For his service to DeMolay he was made a Chevalier in the Order of DeMolay in the mid- 1990s. During this time his three sons became members of the Order of DeMolay. In 2000 his mother would assist in the investiture ceremony making Bill an active member for life of the DeMolay Legion of Honor. Echoes of this carly masonic, military, and religious background can be seen throughout Bill’s life and is why he feels very much at home in central Virginia.

Sir Knight Reinhold married the former Dolores Helms Whittenore on 21 December 2005 during an open meeting of Charlottesville Commandery No. 3 at the Charlottesville Masonic Temple. The marriage ceremony was conducted by the late Sir Knight H. Arthur Dechent, Eminent Grand Prelate Emeritus. Lady Dolores is currently serving as the Worthy President of Fredericksburg Assembly No. 266, Social Order of the Beauccant. She was honored for distinguished services to Freemasonry by being presented the Companion of the Temple award by the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar on 03 May 2014. Together Bill and Dolores have five adult children from previous marriages and five grandchildren. His three sons, William Frederick Reinhold, III, Charles Edward Reinhold, and James Lawrence Reinhold, are Senior DeMolay and have Life Membership in Perpetuity in Widow’s Sons’ Lodge No. 60. Sir Knight Charles Reinhold is currently serving as Eminent Deputy Grand Sentinel.

Brother Reinhold was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on 23 February 1973 in Sunset Lodge No. 936, F. & A.M., Brooklyn, New York. He was elected to membership in Widow’s Sons’ Lodge No. 60, A.F. & A.M., Charlottesville, VA (a few blocks from two small Parks with statues of Lee and Jackson), on 16 August 1993 and received a Demit from Kilwinning-Sunset Lodge No. 936 in September 1993. He served as Worshipful Master of Widow’s Sons’ Lodge No. 60 during its Bicentennial Year in 1999.

Brother Reinhold was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason on 23 November 1974 in Aquidneck Royal Arch Chapter No. 9, Portsmouth RI. He was elected to membership in Keystone Royal Arch Chapter No. 58, Charlottesville, VA in 1995 and received the Council Degrees. He received a Demit from Aquidneck Royal Arch Chapter No. 9 in May 1998. He served as High Priest of Keystone Royal Arch Chapter in 2001-2002 and District Deputy Grand High Priest in 2006-2007. He became a charter member of Kents Store Royal Arch Chapter No. 86, Kents Store, VA, on 13 January 2001 and a member of Orange Royal Arch Chapter No. 47, Barboursville, VA, after these Chapters merged in 2007. He received a Demit from Orange Royal Arch Chapter No. 47 in 2011. He has received the Super Excellent Master’s Degree, been anointed, consecrated, and set apart in the Holy Order of High Priesthood, and admitted to the Council of Thrice Illustrious Masters.

Companion Reinhold was elected to membership in Charlottesville Commandery No. 3, Charlottesville, VA, and received the Orders of Knighthood on 01 March 1997. He served as Eminent Commander in 2001-2002, was initiated into the Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor during the Grand Commandery Stated Conclave, Roanoke, VA, on 10 May 2001, and served as District Deputy Grand Commander in 2004-2005. He was elected and installed as Grand Warder, Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Virginia in May 2008. He again served as Eminent Commander of Charlottesville Commandery No. 3 from 2009-2013. He was honored for distinguished services to Freemasonry by being presented the Knight Commander of the Temple award on 07 May 2011 by the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar. He was elected and installed as the Right Eminent Grand Commander, Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Virginia on 03 May 2014.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected and became a member of Wilderness Road York Rite College No. 94, Blacksburg, VA, on 10 January 1998. He moved his membership to Commonwealth York Rite College No. 50 in 2007. He was elected and installed as Preeminent Governor of Commonwealth York Rite College No. 50 on 14 June 2014.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to and received the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA, in Richmond, VA on 21 June 1997, He was also elected to Acca Temple and received the degrees of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Richmond, VA, on 21 June 1997. He was immediately elected to membership and joined Piedmont Shrine Club, Charlottesville, VA.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to membership and received the degrees in Valley Council No. 56, Allied Masonic Degrees, Waynesboro, VA, on 14 September 1998. He was elected as Sovereign Master of Valley Council and received the Installed Master’s Degree on 14 December 2004. He served as Sovereign Master in 2005 and was elected to receive the Red Branch of Eri by Valley Council on 13 December 2005. He resigned from Valley Council on 14 December 2011 after being elected to membership in Hartley Carmichael Council No. 3 in December 2010. He has received the degrees in the Royal Order of Masonic Knights of the Scarlet Cord; the 1st Grade on 14 February 2009, the 2nd Grade on 11 Feb 2010, and the 3rd Grade and President’s Ceremony on 13 February 2010.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to membership and received the degrees in King Darius Council No. 17, Knight Masons of the USA, on 31 October 1998 and served as Excellent Chief in 2007-2008.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to membership and received the degrees in Garden of Gethsemane Tabernacle No. 2, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests, on 14 June 2003. He served as Very Eminent Preceptor in 2012-2013. He was elevated to the rank of Knight Commander by the Grand College of America, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests, on 08 February 2013.

Sir Knight Reinhold was invited and inducted into Knight York Cross of Honour, Rose of Sharon Priory No. 2, in May 2004. His term as Eminent Prior began on 14 December 2013. He was presented with a certificate from Convert General, Knights of the York Cross of Honour, on 06 June 2014, conferring upon him the rank and title of Knight York Grand Cross of Honour with one Quadrant.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to membership and installed as a Knight of the Commemorative Order of Saint Thomas of Acon in the Trinity Chapel No. 12 on 12 February 2009 as Sir William of Hollymead. He became a Charter member of Old Dominion Chapel No. 87 on 11 February 2010 and is currently serving in the Office of 3rd Working Knight. Sir William of Hollymead was appointed by the Grand Preceptor, Grand Preceptor’s Council in the Province of the United States of America, to the Office of Provincial Grand Cellarer on 12 March 2013.

Sir Knight Reinhold was elected to membership and received the degrees in the Virginia College Masonic Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis on 14 June 2003. He has attained the VII Degree and is currently serving the Virginia College as the 4th Ancient.

Sir Knight Reinhold is a life member of the Royal Order of Scotland. He was elected to membership and received the degrees on 01 September 2010.

Sir Knight Reinhold is also a member of the Grand College of Rites and a Life Member of Lodge Fraser No. 267 A.F. & A.M., Aberdeen, Scotland.

Sir Knight Reinhold attended public school, graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1969, received a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973, was Commissioned from R.O.T.C. as a 2nd Lieutenant in United States Army Reserve in the Chapel of Saint Cornelius the Centurion on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor in 1973, and received a Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, from the University of Virginia in 1978. His military education includes the Engineer Officer Basic Course, Signal and Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff Officer Course, Army Management Staff College, Joint Staff Officer Course, and the Department of Defense Emergency Officer Preparedness Course.

The majority of Sir Knight Reinhold’s military service was in the Active Reserve during the Cold War. After graduation from the Engineer Officer Basic Course, Fort Belvoir, VA, in 1973, 2LT Reinhold served in the 243rd Engineer Battalion, Rhode Island Army National Guard until moving to Virginia in January 1975. He then served in the Virginia Army National Guard with 116″ Infantry Brigade (Separate) Headquarters (having lineage to the “Stonewall Brigade” and the same classical portraits of Lee and Jackson in the Armory), Staunton, VA, and then the 176″ Engineer Group, Richmond, VA, until 1983. He then transferred to the United States Army Reserve to be the Commander of B Company, 1/318 Infantry One Station Unit Training Battalion, He was promoted to Major and served as the Operations Officer before transferring in 1988 to the 2367* Signal Detachment at Fort Pickett, VA, to be the Information Management Officer. During the last eight of twenty-eight years of service, Lieutenant Colonel Reinhold served as a Military Assistance to Civil Authorities (MSCA) Joint Operations Center (JOC) Watch Officer in the Current Operations Division (133) of United States Atlantic Command through its transition to United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM). He thought he had retired in July 2001. After the attack on 11 September 2001, by a letter from the Deputy Commander in Chief, USJFCOM, to the Department of the Army, LTC Reinhold was recalled to Active Duty to serve as the Liaison Officer for the Director of Operations (J3) to the Commanding General. Joint Task Force – Olympics (JTF-O), Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec 2001 to Mar 2002. At its peak, JTF-O had over 5,000 military personnel providing direct support to security operations at the 2002 Winter Olympics. His military awards include the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.

Sir Knight Reinhold retired as a Physical Scientist from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in January 2014. He was responsible for the operation, maintenance, and spiral improvement of the federated Signatures Support Program (SSP) Prospector application supporting the facilitation and improvement of discovery and access to technical data spanning the entire measurement and signatures community. The work involved directing and managing the implementation, operation, and maintenance of several different secure network instances. During his career he worked at the following organizations in the capacities noted:

• Associate Engineer (Electronics Design/Development) for Raytheon Submarine Signal Division, Portsmouth, RI (1973 – 1975).
• Senior Engineer (Electronics Design/Development) for Sperry Marine Systems Division, Charlottesville, VA (1975 – 1980). During this time he invented a unique electronic circuit and was awarded U.S. Patent Number 4,141,002 on 20 February 1979.
• Electronics Engineer (Radar Branch, Electronics Systems Division, Research and Analysis Directorate) for the Foreign Science and Technology Center, Charlottesville, VA (1980 – 1983).
• Physical Scientist (Senior Experimental Research Scientist, Signature and Image Metrology Branch, Sciences Division Research and Analysis Directorate) for the Foreign Science and Technology Center, Charlottesville, VA (1983 – 1987).
• Supervisory Physical Scientist (Branch Chief, Physical and Analytical Modeling Branch, Signatures Division, Research and Analysis Directorate) for the Foreign Science and Technology Center, Charlottesville, VA (1987 – 1992).
• Physical Scientist (National Signatures Program Application Office Manager) for the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) (1993 – 2011). During this time as Program Manager for the DIA’s National Target/Threat Signature Data System (NTSDS) the effort was recognized as a successful nominee for the 1998 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program for innovative work and was included in the Smithsonian Institution’s Permanent Research Collection.