Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....McGrew, Reynold Brodie November 11, 1890 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

REYNOLD BRODIE MCGREW, Business Executive. A grandson of Dr. John Strayer 
McGrew, a noted figure in Hawaiian history and known as the “Father of 
Annexation,” Reynold B. McGrew chose Honolulu, his birthplace, as a field for 
his business career. He is president and manager of McGrew & Co., Ltd., 
dealers in general automobile accessories, a firm which he reorganized under 
his own name in Nov., 1924.
  Born Nov. 11, 1890, in the historic McGrew mansion, on the site of the 
present Alexander Young Hotel building, Mr. McGrew is the son of Henry Goulden 
and Alphonsine (Mottett) McGrew. He received his education at Oahu College, 
Honolulu, and Lycee Carnot, Paris. In 1910 he became associated with Alexander 
& Baldwin, Ltd., remaining with that firm until 1918, when he became president 
and manager of the Acetylene Light & Agency Co., now the Hawaiian Gas Products 
Co., Ltd. While at the head of that firm, Mr. McGrew was instrumental in the 
installation for the company of its first oxy-hydrogen electrolytic plant for 
the manufacture of oxygen and hydrogen, installing also the first plant in 
Hawaii for the manufacture of carbon dioxide. He was a director of the Pacific 
Investment Co., Ltd., from 1917 to 1919, president in 1920, vice-president in 
1921 and is now treasurer of the corporation.
  A second lieutenant in the Hawaiian National Guard, Mr. McGrew was called 
into federal service during the World War, being promoted to first lieutenant 
in 1918, and assigned to the Quartermaster Corps. He now holds a commission as 
first lieutenant in the Reserve Corps.
  Mr. McGrew and Margaret Frances Restarick, daughter of Bishop Restarick, 
were married in Honolulu, Nov. 11, 1913. They are the parents of three 
children, Reynold Restarick (deceased), Margaret May and Reynalda Katherine 
McGrew. Mr. McGrew is a member and governor of the Pacific Club, and a member 
of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce.


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