Walter Rand
Walter Rand | |
|---|---|
| Member of the 5th district | |
| In office January 13, 1976 – January 12, 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ronald J. Casella |
| Succeeded by | Wayne R. Bryant Francis J. Gorman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 31, 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 6, 1995 (aged 75) Camden, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
Walter Rand (May 31, 1919 – January 6, 1995), born Walter Rappaport, was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who was a specialist on transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. Rand was a resident of Bellmawr.[1]
Biography
Rand was born in
Camden City Public Schools from 1971 to 1974.[1] He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1975 and to the New Jersey Senate in 1981, where he was a former chairman of the Senate Transportation and Public Utilities Committee.[1]
Rand sponsored laws that created New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund, which combined aid received from the Federal government, state appropriations and highway bond proceeds to pay for an accelerated road building and repair program. He wrote the bill that led to creation of the
Rutgers–Camden campus in 1999.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Sullivan, Joseph F. "Walter Rand, 75, New Jersey Senator And Transit Expert", The New York Times, January 7, 1995. Accessed December 27, 2013. "State Senator Walter Rand, a specialist on transportation issues during his 20 years in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature, died today at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center here. A resident of Bellmawr, a Camden suburb, he was 75."
- Rutgers–Camden. Accessed December 27, 2013. "Founded in 2000 under the leadership of Dr. Richard Harris, the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs (WRI) was organized to honor Senator Rand’s legacy of public service to southern New Jersey and to his home town of Camden."