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.
[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 South Jersey Transportation Authority and allowed Atlantic City International Airport to expand.
[1] After Rand's death in 1995, Wayne R. Bryant was named to fill his seat in the State Senate.
The Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden is named in his honor, as is the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs established at the Rutgers–Camden campus in 1999.