Reeds Jewelers know they were loved and appreciated." By 1979, Reeds Jewelers maintained two dozen retail outlets. Alan Zimmer joined Reeds Jewelers as executive vice president in 1981 and took charge of merchandising. He officially became president and CEO in 1985. In December 1986 Reeds Jewelers held its initial public offering on The NASDAQ Stock Market, trading under the symbol REEDS. Over the next decade Reeds acquired Dreifus Jewelry Company of Memphis, a nineteen store chain in the Southeast and Midwest, and Gray's Jewelers, Inc., a five store chain based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1995 Reeds Jewelers purchased Melart Jewelers, a mid-Atlantic
Claude Reeds Claude Reeds Claude B. Reeds (November 12, 1890 – April 30, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma as a fullback from 1910 to 1913. Reeds served as the head football coach at Southwestern Normal School—now Southwestern Oklahoma State University—from 1914 to 1915, at West Texas State Teachers College—now West Texas A&M University—from 1929 to 1930, and at Central State Teachers College—now the University of Central Oklahoma—from 1931 to 1940, compiling a career coaching record of 72–41–11. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player