He was born in 1920 to Walter S. and Mable (Sallach) Reynoldson the family farm near St. Edward, Nebraska and had two sisters. He graduated from
Wayne State College, in
Wayne, Nebraska, in 1942. He then joined the
Navy during WWII in 1942 until 1946, when he went to
University of Iowa Law School and graduated with his
JD in 1948, graduating with the
Order of the Coif. == Legal and Judicial Career ==