Walter Newton Read

Walter Newton "Bud" Read (February 8, 1918 – December 22, 2001) was the second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, from 1982 to 1989.[1]

Biography

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's father, William T. Read, Jr., served as New Jersey State Treasurer and a State Senator.[5] Walter Newton Read died on December 22, 2001 in Cinnaminson, New Jersey at the age of 83 from cancer.

References

  1. ^ "Walter N. Read. Casino Commission Chairman, 83". New York Times. January 1, 2002. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/nyregion/walter-n-read-casino-commission-chairman-83.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14. "Walter N. Read, a lawyer and former chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, died on Dec. 22 at his home in Cinnaminson, N.J. He was 83. A native of Camden, Mr. Read graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939 and from Pennsylvania Law School in 1941. 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." 
  2. ^ "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."
  3. ^ Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. 1943. http://books.google.com/books?id=K4M4AAAAMAAJ&dq. "Walter Newton Read ..." 
  4. ^ Janson, Donald (October 14, 1982). "Kean picks new casino agency chief". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/14/nyregion/kean-picks-new-casino-agency-chief.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14. "Governor Kean today named Walter N. Read, former president of the New Jersey Bar Association, to be chairman of the Casino Control Commission. The commission, which regulates the casino gambling industry in Atlantic City, has not had a chairman since Joseph P. Lordi, first to hold the post, retired ..." 
  5. ^ Camden people, The Delaware Valley Rhythm & Blues Society, Inc. website, accessed June 10, 2009.
Preceded by
Joseph P. Lordi		 Chair of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission
1982–1989		 Succeeded by
Steven P. Perskie