MFMA
Hall of Fame
 Harold
Reid...Legend, Patriot, Teacher.
Trinity Floor Company was established in 1935. Harold Reid started
with the company in 1937 as an installer, earning $.45
cents per hour.
As an installer, his initial professional
accomplishment was to install Bruce 9 x 9 Oak Parquet
in the halls and dining room
of the Stephenville
State Prison in 1939. He also installed the same
type flooring at the East Texas Baptist College in
Marshall, Texas. In the
early 1940's
he was the first to install Maple Unit block flooring
at the Baptist Church on Ross Avenue in Dallas, Texas.
Harold
Reid enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served
his country until his discharge in 1945. He returned
to Trinity Floor Company
and became active again in the flooring business.
He became president and owner of Trinity Floor in 1967.
In
the past forty years, Harold has specified, supervised
and installed hundreds of thousands of square feet
of Maple and Oak flooring. He was the first to specify and install
maple parquet flooring
in High
School and College gymnasiums in Texas and the Southwest.
He was the first to specify and install Harris Bondwood
in Six Flags Mall and
several other major shopping malls and department
stores in the Dallas Metroplex. Harold has been responsible
for the
installation
of over
100,000 square feet of flooring in the Dallas Museum
of Art and the Meyerson Symphony Center.
With his
vast experience and knowledge of hardwood flooring,
he has initiated and taught flooring installation,
finishing and maintenance classes for the NOFMA/MFMA installation
School in
Memphis,
Tennessee. Throughout his many years in the business
he has helped many novice
flooring contractors become knowledgeable, skilled
professionals. At 88 years of age he has earned the
highest regard and respect from
his clients and colleagues.
One of his greatest accomplishments
was becoming a Charter Member of the National Wood
Flooring Association and being inducted into
its Hall of Fame in 1994. He is the longest standing
associate member of the MFMA. In 1986, he became
founder and charter member of the
North Texas Flooring Association. As such he has
been dedicated to the growth and development of that
organization. He is
a past president
of the Dallas Floor Covering Association and has
received many, many accolades and commendations for
his lifetime of outstanding
work.
Harold favorite accomplishment was
that of working with his best friend, Roland Holder, on the specification
and installation
of the
maple gym flooring system at the University of Arkansas
in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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