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Benjamin H. Read (1925-1993)
Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania, 1958-1963; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department of State, 1963-1969.

Benjamin H. Read Interview I

Benjamin H. Read Interview II