Lucille Davy was the Commissioner of Education in

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. She was named acting commissioner on September 9, 2005, by former

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Richard Codey. She was named commissioner by Governor

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as of July 11, 2006. When she was named acting commissioner by Codey, she joined her husband, then Human Services Commissioner

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, in the cabinet. They are the first husband and wife to serve together in a state cabinet. She is a former education policy advisor to Codey and former Gov. James McGreevey. When Corzine took office he announced his intention to retain Davy as acting commissioner while he led a national search for a new commissioner, a search which included Davy. When he appointed Davy to the post, he said her work as acting commissioner convinced him to select her for the permanent post. Davy is a lifelong New Jersey resident and grew up in

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where she was a graduate of Livingston High School. She graduated cum laude from

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with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and she received her law degree from the

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. She and her husband reside in

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.Lucille Day
Office of the

, backed up by the

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as of July 2, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2011. "Commissioner Davy is married to James M. Davy. They live in Pennington with their two sons, James and Andrew."

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