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Joseph E. Buckelew | |
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| Chairman of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority | |
| Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority | |
| Mayor of Lakewood Township, New Jersey | |
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| Born | August 16, 1929 |
Joseph E. Buckelew (born August 16, 1929) is an American politician and businessman who held several public offices in New Jersey, including chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority and chairman of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. A Republican power broker in Ocean County for much of the second half of the twentieth century, he led the county's Republican organization for two decades and served as mayor of Lakewood Township.[1] He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Enterprise category as part of the Class of 2017.[2]
Political career
[edit]Buckelew grew up in Lakewood Township, where he joined the police department at 21 and made sergeant by 24, the youngest in the department's history.[3] After serving in the United States Army military police — including a posting to Camp Desert Rock in Nevada, where he witnessed atmospheric nuclear weapons tests — he returned to Lakewood and entered local politics.[3]
He served on the Lakewood Township Committee, as police commissioner, and as mayor before moving to county-level office on the Ocean County Board of Freeholders.[4] He chaired the Ocean County Republican Organization for roughly twenty years, establishing himself as one of the party's key figures in the region.[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer described him as a "longtime force in New Jersey GOP" politics who wielded influence across Ocean County government and business.[1]
After supporting Christine Todd Whitman's successful 1993 gubernatorial campaign, Whitman appointed Buckelew chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority, where he served for seven years overseeing operations of the Garden State Parkway.[3] The authority later dedicated the Joseph E. Buckelew Transportation Center in his honor.[5]
He subsequently became chairman of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, where he oversaw the construction of MetLife Stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets and was involved in the early planning of the American Dream Meadowlands entertainment complex in East Rutherford.[3]
Business career
[edit]Buckelew entered the insurance industry in 1959.[6] He built an insurance brokerage, Buckelew & Associates, which Commerce Bancorp acquired in 1996. In the same transaction, Commerce acquired a firm owned by South Jersey political figure George E. Norcross III, and the two men joined the Commerce board of directors — beginning a business partnership that would span decades.[7] Their combined firm, Conner Strong & Buckelew, grew to roughly 350 employees and more than a billion dollars in annual premium volume.[7]
Earlier in his career, Buckelew co-founded the radio station WOBM in Ocean County in the early 1960s and co-founded Ocean Cablevision, a cable television company later acquired by Clear Cable.[6][5]
Philadelphia Inquirer ownership
[edit]In 2012, Buckelew, Norcross, Lewis Katz, and H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest led a group that purchased Philadelphia Media Network — the parent of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com — for approximately $55 million through an entity called Interstate General Media.[8] The ownership group split into factions, and in 2014 a court-ordered auction ended the dispute when Katz and Lenfest submitted a winning bid valuing the company at $88 million. Buckelew and Norcross declined to bid.[9]
Awards and honors
[edit]Buckelew was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 6, 2018, alongside Steve Forbes and Buddy Valastro, at a ceremony at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park.[2] He was the first former Ocean County freeholder to receive the honor.[10] He holds honorary doctorates from Georgian Court University and Monmouth University.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Buckelew a longtime force in New Jersey GOP". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 3, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- 1 2 "Hanson, Forbes, Buckelew inducted into N.J. Hall of Fame". ROI-NJ. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "History in the Making". Industry Magazine. 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Joe Buckelew". New Jersey Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- 1 2 "Commissioner Joseph Buckelew". New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Joseph Buckelew". Conner Strong & Buckelew. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- 1 2 "A stroke of fate paired Norcross, Buckelew". NJBIZ. August 13, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Local investors buy Inquirer, Daily News, website". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Sale of Philly newspapers ends owners' feud; speculation turns to 'what comes next'". WHYY. May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Ocean County Political Icon Joseph Buckelew Honored". Jersey Shore Online. June 25, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
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