17 Facts About Hazel Gluck

Hazel Sara Frank Gluck was born on September 6,1934 and is an American Republican Party politician and lobbyist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and held several posts in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean.

Hazel Gluck was a top advisor to NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman as well as a founding member of one of NJ's largest lobbying firms.

Hazel Gluck is a 1956 graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Hazel Gluck was later appointed Director of the Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs.

In 1976, Hazel Gluck was elected to the Ocean County Board of Freeholders.

Hazel Gluck defeated a Democratic incumbent who was elected in the 1973 Watergate landslide.

Hazel Gluck's election gave the Republicans control of the Freeholder Board, which they have held since then.

Hazel Gluck gave up her Freeholder seat to run for the New Jersey General Assembly in 1979.

In 1981, Gluck gave up her Assembly seat and challenged two-term Democratic State Senator John F Russo.

Hazel Gluck later called her Senate bid a "stupid" mistake, saying that Russo had done a good job and there was no reason to throw him out.

Hazel Gluck was appointed Commissioner of Insurance in 1985, and Commissioner of Transportation in 1987.

Hazel Gluck served as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1987 to 1993.

Toward the end of Kean's second term, Hazel Gluck began to explore a possible bid for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1989.

Hazel Gluck was considered a potential gubernatorial candidate in 1993, but instead backed Christine Todd Whitman, who won.

Hazel Gluck was a top advisor to Whitman, both in her campaign and in her administration.

Hazel Gluck resigned as state Transportation Commissioner on July 7,1989, to form a lobbying firm, Public Policy Advisors, Inc.

Hazel Gluck later formed GluckShaw in a partnership with Judy Shaw.