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Governor Jon Corzine

Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is the current Democratic Governor of the state of New Jersey. He was sworn into office on January 17, 2006, for a four-year term ending in 2010. He resides in Hoboken. He represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 2001 - 2006.

Born in central Illinois, Corzine grew up on a small family farm near Taylorville. After completing high school he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate degree, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and graduated in 1969. While in college, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and served until 1975, rising to the rank of sergeant. After his active duty in 1970 during the Vietnam War (which thwarted his plans for a Ph.D. in Economics at UCLA), he enrolled in the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and in 1973 he received his Master of Business Administration degree, which launched him into his business career...