Birth Name:

Ronald Read (philanthropist)

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Oct 23, 1921

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

West Dummerston, Vermont, United States

Age:

102

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Lib

45'

About Ronald Read (philanthropist)

Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, serving in Italy as a military policeman. Upon an honorable discharge from the military in 1945, Read returned to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he worked as a gas station attendant and mechanic for about 25 years. Read retired for one year and then took a part-time janitor job at J. C. Penney where he worked for 17 years until 1997.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Ronald Read on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital's YouTube channel

• "How a 92 Year Old Janitor Made $8 Million" on CNBC's YouTube channel. The video includes an interview from Read's attorney Laurie Rowell.

• Ronald Read at Find a Grave

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Ronald Read (philanthropist): Sun 29 Libra, Moon 23 Cancer, Mercury 15 Scorpio, Venus 3 Libra, Mars 21 Virgo, Jupiter 5 Libra, Saturn 1 Libra, Uranus 5 Pisces, Neptune 15 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Mercury Square Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Saturn, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Saturn, Venus Quincunx Uranus, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Conjunct Saturn, Jupiter Quincunx Uranus, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Ronald Read (philanthropist): 2014 deaths, October 23 births, 21st-century American people, Vermont, Military personnel from Vermont, American military police officers, People from Brattleboro, American investors, People from Dummerston, 1921 births, 20th-century American people, Janitors, United States Army non-commissioned officers, United States Army personnel of World War II, 20th-century American philanthropists, American patrons of literature, J. C. Penney people, Philanthropists from Vermont