Reynolds, Noel B.

Noel B. Reynolds (born 1942) is a political science professor at Brigham Young University.

After earning a Ph.D. in the Department of Government at Harvard University in 1971, Noel B. Reynolds accepted a position at Brigham Young University in the political science department. His honors and positions held include the chair of the Department of Philosophy, the Honors Program Professor of the Year, the associate academic vice president, the director of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), and the executive director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Reynolds has also served as a visiting faculty member at Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, and BYU's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Noel B. Reynolds has completed significant research and work on subjects ranging from Plato's political theory, constitutionalism and the rule of law, to authorship studies, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Reynolds has served as a bishop, a stake president, and a mission president. He is married to Sydney Smith Reynolds, the first counselor in the general Primary presidency from 1999 to 2005, and they have eleven children.

From the guide to the Noel B. Reynolds papers, 1966-2011, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Noel B. Reynolds has been a political science professor, an associate academic vice president, and worked at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. He is currently serving (2008) as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From the guide to the Noel B. Reynolds research files for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1988-1991, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Associate Academic Vice-President at Brigham Young University.

From the guide to the Noel B. Reynolds research on Book of Mormon use, 1903-1999, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)