Barbara H. Reinwald
2007
Barbara H. Reinwald, 69, a physical education teacher who spent 32 years at Arlington's Washington-Lee High School before retiring in 1992, died Feb. 15 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. She had liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer that attacks fat cells.
Ms. Reinwald coached gymnastics, track, soccer, swimming and diving at Washington-Lee. She also started the school's invitational gymnastics meet.
She was a Virginia high school gymnastics rule interpreter and clinician from 1962 to 1991 and an officer of other professional organizations.
In 1992, she was inducted into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame, which honors student athletes, coaches and administrators.
Barbara Helen Reinwald was a native Washingtonian and a 1956 graduate of  Roosevelt High School.
She was a 1960 physical education graduate of George Washington University, where she also received a master's degree in education in 1966. She received a master's degree in physical education from the University of Virginia in 1986.
In 1973, she participated in a study tour of the Soviet Union on training and facilities in physical education. In 1981, she co-coached soccer teams in France, Switzerland and Austria.
Survivors include a brother, Fritz Reinwald of Durango, Colo.