| Walter Newton Read | |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Camden, New Jersey, US |
| Death Place: | Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, US |
| Nationality: | American |
| Organization: | New Jersey Casino Control Commission |
| Chairman | |
| Term: | 1982 - 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Joseph P. Lordi |
| Successor: | Steven P. Perskie |
| Party: | Republican Party |
| Parents: | William T. Read |
| Website: | http://www.nj.gov/casinos/about/history/read.html |
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]
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]