Walter Newton Read

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]

Walter Newton Read
Born	(1918-02-08)February 8, 1918 Camden, New Jersey, US
Died	December 22, 2001(2001-12-22) (aged 83) Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, US
Nationality	American
Organization	New Jersey Casino Control Commission
Title	Chairman
Term	1982–1989
Predecessor	Joseph P. Lordi
Successor	Steven P. Perskie
Political party	Republican Party
Parent	William T. Read
Website	http://www.nj.gov/casinos/about/history/read.html

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, served as New Jersey State Treasurer and a State Senator.^[5]