Sam Reynolds

Won seven Nebraska State Amateur Championships – 1912, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1923 and 1926. In addition, was the runner-up on four other occasions.

Trans Mississippi champion in 1917.

Appointed a U.S. Senator in 1954. Elected to the Omaha City council. Also, a past president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and past commander of Post #1 American Legion.

In 1950, he organized and directed Omaha’s first Civil Defense Unit. President Eisenhower awarded him the Freedom Foundation Medal for his successful effort to contain the Missouri River floodwaters.

Shot his age, 69, in 1959, and did it each year until he was 87. Vice-president and General Manager of Reynolds-Updike Coal Company, he worked until age 94.