trustees determined that the foundation would cease to make grants by the year 2022. In fact, the foundation liquidated its assets and closed its doors at the end of 2017. Awards 1978, The Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame 1985, Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement 2000, Arkansas Business Hall of Fame References https://web.archive.org/web/20141022112518/http://www.dwreynolds.org/Reynolds.htm http://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/donald-worthington-reynolds External links Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Papers 1945–1994 at the State Historical Society of Missouri 1906 births 1993 deaths American newspaper chain founders People from Fort Smith, Arkansas People from Fort Worth, Texas Recipients of the Legion of Merit Missouri School of Journalism alumni People who died at sea Businesspeople from Oklahoma City Businesspeople from Texas 20th-century American businesspeople Journalists from Texas 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American journalists American male journalists