Background
Read, Frederick Wilson was born on July 30, 1908 in Providence. Son of Frederick Wilson and Araminta Rowena (Briggs) Read.
Read, Frederick Wilson was born on July 30, 1908 in Providence. Son of Frederick Wilson and Araminta Rowena (Briggs) Read.
Student, Trinity College, 1925-1926; AB, Columbia University, 1930; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1932.
Associate, Hervey, Barber & McKee, New York City, 1932-1935;
associate, Menken, Ferguson & Idler, New York City, 1937-1939;
attorney legal department, National Realty Management Company. New York City, 1935-1937;
attorney legal department, French Air Commission, New York City, 1939-1940;
member legal and contracts departments, British Purchasing Commission, British Air Commission, New York City and Washington, 1940-1941;
attorney, Glenn L. Martin Company, Middle River, Maryland., 1941-1942;
with, Home Life Insurance Company. New York City, 1945-1973;
attorney, Home Life Insurance Company, 1945-1947;
assistant counsel, Home Life Insurance Company, 1947-1954;
counsel, Home Life Insurance Company, 1954-1964;
general counsel, Home Life Insurance Company, 1964-1971;
vice president, general counsel, Home Life Insurance Company, 1971-1973;
counsel, Daiker, D'Elia, Turtletaub & Cantino, Port Washington, New York, 1973-1977;
counsel, D'Elia, Turtletaub & Cantino, 1977-1980;
counsel, Capobianco, D'Elia, Turtletaub, Cantino & Aitken (Professional Corporation), 1980-1983;
counsel, D'Elia & Turtletaub, since 1983;
professor, College Insurance, 1974-1984;
professor, New York Law School, 1974-1976.
Counsel New York City Life Underwriters Association, 1974-1983, honorary member, since 1984.
Member Board Education, Port Washington, 1949-1952, 59-66, president, 1950-1952, vice president,1962-1966. Trustee McAuley Water St. Mission, 1970-1981, trustee emeritus, since 1981. Director John Philip Sousa Memorial Band Shell, Inc., since 1990.
Member senior advisory county Port Washington Public Library., since 1991. Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Reserve (retired).
Fellow American Bar Foundation (life). Member American Bar Association (representative house delegations 1969-1977, senior lawyer division committee liaison with state and local bar senior lawyers since 1986), New York State Bar Association (association insurance program committee 1973-1984, vice-chairman 1974-1977, chairman 1977-1984), Nassau County Bar Association (chairman association insurance planscom. 1973-1983, director 1977-1980), Association of Bar of City of New York (insurance law committee 1946-1949, 61-64, military justice and military affairs committee 1951-1968, chairman 1965-1968), Association Life Insurance Counsel (secretary-treasurer 1960-1963, vice president 1965-1966, president 1967-1968), Judge Advisers Association (life), American Council Life Insurance, Health Insurance Association American, American Society CLUs, Insurance Society of New York (1974-1984), CowNeck Peninsula History Society (trustee, 3d vice president-legal 1974-1983, trustee emeritus since 1983), United States Naval Institute (life), Naval Reserve Association (life), Retired Officers Association, National Maritime History Society, Academy Political Science, Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Evelyn ElaineAvery, February 21, 1942. Children: Frederick Wilson III, Cynthia Avery.