# Lucille Davy

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{{short description|New Jersey Commissioner of Education from 2005 to 2010}}
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  | name               = Lucille Davy
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 | office             = Commissioner of the [New Jersey Department of Education](/source/New_Jersey_Department_of_Education)
 | term_start         = September 9, 2005
 | term_end           = March 11, 2010
 | predecessor        = William Librera
 | successor          = [Bret Schundler](/source/Bret_Schundler)
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'''Lucille Davy''' was the [Commissioner of Education](/source/New_Jersey_Department_of_Education) in [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey).  She was named acting commissioner on September 9, 2005, by former [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey) [Richard Codey](/source/Richard_Codey).<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/governor/njnewsline/view_article.pl?id=2712 Codey Names Lucille Davy Department of Education Acting Commissioner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208051822/http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/governor/njnewsline/view_article.pl?id=2712 |date=2005-12-08 }}, press release dated September 9, 2005</ref>  She was named commissioner by Governor [Jon Corzine](/source/Jon_Corzine) as of July 11, 2006.<ref>[http://nj.gov/governor/news/photos/200607.html Governor Corzine announces he will nominate Acting Commissioners Lucille Davy and George Hayman to serve as Commissioners of the Departments of Education and Corrections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929092641/http://nj.gov/governor/news/photos/200607.html |date=2006-09-29 }}, press release dated July 11, 2006</ref>

When she was named acting commissioner by Codey, she joined her husband, then Human Services Commissioner [James Davy](/source/James_Davy), 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](/source/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 [Livingston, New Jersey](/source/Livingston%2C_New_Jersey) where she was a graduate of [Livingston High School](/source/Livingston_High_School_(New_Jersey)). She graduated cum laude from [Seton Hall University](/source/Seton_Hall_University) with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and she received her law degree from the [Notre Dame Law School](/source/Notre_Dame_Law_School). She and her husband reside in [Pennington, New Jersey](/source/Pennington%2C_New_Jersey).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080702034625/http://www.state.nj.us/governor/cabinet/lucille_davy.html Lucille Day], Office of the [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey), backed up by the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) 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."</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.state.nj.us/njded/genfo/overview/commiss.htm Office of the Commissioner]

{{Cabinet of New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (2006–2010)}}

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