John Raymond Reeder (July 29, 1914 – February 8, 2009) was an American agrostologist who was active in identifying the grasses of New Guinea, Wyoming, and Arizona all while on duty for the US military during the second world war.
[2] He went on to attend Oregon State University and met Charlotte Olive Goodding, whom he married in 1941.
Reeder joined the military upon the involvement of America in World War II.
[2] Upon his return from the war, Reeder was accepted into a Ph.D. program at Harvard University.
[3] The genus Reederochloa and species Muhlenbergia reederorum were named in honor of the Reeders by Thomas Robert Soderstrom.