Class of: 1977

Philip M. Read

Philip M. Read (CGS’75, CAS’77) of Wake Forest, N.C., has just launched a glossy quarterly magazine, 27587, about life and culture in the Wake Forest region. Read, who was once managing editor at the Daily Free Press, had a 32-year career in daily newspapers in New Jersey and published eight books, including the recent Memories from the Meadowbrook: From Big Bands to Dinner-Theater to Rock ‘n’ Roll (Fonthill Media, 2014). He marked his 35th wedding anniversary with Nancy Rees Read, a hospice nurse and ordained Episcopal deacon, last year. His son, Philip, Jr., is the magazine’s illustrator and senior graphic designer, and his daughter, Lauren Ann Read Koslow (CAS’03), is reference librarian at the Beaufort County, S.C., public library.

From the Summer 2015 issue.