Hazel Gluck
| Hazel Frank Gluck | |
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| Ocean County Board of Freeholders | |
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In office January 1977 – December 1979 |
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| New Jersey Assemblywoman | |
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In office January 1980 – January 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel F. Newman |
| Succeeded by | Warren Wolf |
| Executive Director, New Jersey Lottery Commission | |
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In office 1982–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Gloria Decker |
| New Jersey Commissioner of Insurance | |
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In office 1985–1986 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Merin |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Merin |
| New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation | |
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In office 1986–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Bodman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Downs |
| Personal details | |
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September 6, 1934 New York, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Gluck, M.D. (divorced) |
| Children | Deborah Gluck, Michael Gluck |
| Religion | Judaism |
Hazel Sara Frank Gluck (born September 6, 1934) 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.
Gluck was born in New York City, the only daughter of Jewish immigrants from the United Kingdom. She was raised in Brooklyn and Westchester, and graduated from A.B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, New York. She is a 1956 graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She married Joseph Gluck, a physician, and had two children: Deborah (born 1957) and Michael (born 1959).
A resident of Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Gluck became active in the League of Women Voters and served as President of the chapter in Lakewood. She became active in Ocean County Republican politics as a protege of Joseph Buckalew, who had served as Lakewood Mayor, Ocean County Freeholder and Republican County Chairman. She was later appointed Director of the Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs.
In 1976, Gluck was elected to the Ocean County Board of Freeholders. She defeated a Democratic incumbent who was elected in the 1973 Watergate landslide. Her election gave the Republicans control of the Freeholder Board, which they have held since then.
Gluck gave up her Freeholder seat to run for the New Jersey General Assembly in 1979. She defeated three-term Democratic Assemblyman Daniel F. Newman by 697 votes, 37,221-26,524.
In 1981, Gluck gave up her Assembly seat and challenged two-term Democratic State Senator John F. Russo. Russo won easily, defeating Gluck by 11,233 votes, 38,166 (59%) to 26,933 (41%). 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.
For a brief time in late 1981 and early 1982, Gluck served as the Ocean County Administrator, as the replacement for Frank B. Holman, who had become Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.
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