Theodore Reed

Theodore Harold Reed (July 25, 1922—July 2, 2013) was an American veterinarian and zoologist.

Life He was born at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. to Ollie W. Reed Sr., an Army officer and Mildred Reed. He had an older brother, Ollie Jr., who would later become an Army officer. His older brother, serving as a lieutenant in 363th Infantry Regiment, and his father, serving as a colonel in the 175th Infantry Regiment, were killed within weeks of each other in July 1944 during World War II.

He graduated from Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) in veterinary medicine and zoology. He served as the veterinarian at the Portland Zoo in Oregon.

He died in a nursing home in Milford, Delaware.