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- ↑ Codey Names Lucille Davy Department of Education Acting Commissioner Archived 2005-12-08 at the Wayback Machine , press release dated September 9, 2005
- ↑ Governor Corzine announces he will nominate Acting Commissioners Lucille Davy and George Hayman to serve as Commissioners of the Departments of Education and Corrections Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , press release dated July 11, 2006
- ↑ Lucille Day, Office of the Governor of New Jersey, backed up by the 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."
