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| name = Walter Newton Read
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|02|08}}
| birth_place = Camden, New Jersey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|12|22|1918|02|08}}
| death_place = Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey
| death_cause = Cancer
| resting_place =
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| residence = Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey
| nationality = American
| education =
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| organization = New Jersey Casino Control Commission
| title = Chairman
| term = 1982–1989
| predecessor = Joseph P. Lordi
| successor = Steven P. Perskie
| party = Republican Party
| religion =
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| spouse =
| children =
| parents = William T. Read, Jr.
| website = http://www.nj.gov/casinos/about/history/read.html
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}}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 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, Jr., served as New Jersey State Treasurer and a State Senator.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Walter N. Read. Casino Commission Chairman, 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/nyregion/walter-n-read-casino-commission-chairman-83.html |quote=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. |work=The New York Times |date=January 1, 2002 |accessdate=2009-11-14 }}
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. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania |year=1943 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |quote=Walter Newton Read ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4M4AAAAMAAJ&dq |isbn= }}
4. ^{{cite news |first= Donald|last= Janson|coauthors= |title=Kean picks new casino agency chief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/14/nyregion/kean-picks-new-casino-agency-chief.html |quote= 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 ...|work=The New York Times |date= October 14, 1982|accessdate=2009-11-14 }}
5. ^Camden people, The Delaware Valley Rhythm & Blues Society, Inc. website, accessed June 10, 2009.
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