Walter Newton Read
Walter Newton Read | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission | |
| In office 1982–1989 | |
| Appointed by | Thomas Kean |
| Preceded by | Don M. Thomas (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Valerie H. Armstrong (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1918 |
| Died | December 22, 2001 (aged 83) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Parent | William T. Read (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| Website | http://www.nj.gov/casinos/about/history/read.html |
| Nickname | Bud |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942-1962 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant commander |
| Unit |  United States Navy Reserve |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Walter Newton "Bud" Read (February 8, 1918 – December 22, 2001) was an American lawyer and the second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, from 1982 to 1989.[1]
Biography
[edit]Read, whose nickname was "Bud," was born on February 8, 1918, in Camden, New Jersey.[2] Read graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939 and from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1941.[3] He served as a naval officer in World War II and retired from the United States Naval Reserve in 1962 with the rank of lieutenant commander.
Read was a partner in the law firm Archer, Greiner & Read. He left the firm in 1982 to accept appointment by Governor Thomas Kean as chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.[4]
Read died on December 22, 2001, at his home in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, at the age of 83 from cancer.[1] Read's father, William T. Read, served as New Jersey State Treasurer and a State Senator.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Walter N. Read. Casino Commission Chairman, 83". The New York Times. January 1, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
- ^ "Senate's treatment of Read nomination was shameful, rude", Donohue, Joseph, The Press of Atlantic City, 1990-01-07. "The most shabby example is their refusal to name outgoing Casino Control Commission Chairman Walter "Bud" Read to the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority."
- ^ Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. 1943.
- ^ Janson, Donald (October 14, 1982). "Kean picks new casino agency chief". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
- ^ Camden people, The Delaware Valley Rhythm & Blues Society, Inc. website, accessed June 10, 2009.