382:, Nutley Hall of Fame. Accessed November 9, 2019. "Ms. Burgio was born in Nutley at 169 Highfield Lane. She was the granddaughter of Abram Blum, the first Mayor of Nutley under the Commission form of government adopted in 1912. She graduated from Nutley High School in 1940 and attended the Display Institute in New York City, the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, Caldwell College, and Essex County College."
417:, February 3, 1982. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Secretary of State Former Assemblywoman Jane Burgio of North Caldwell, who represented the same legislative district as Mr. Kean when he was in the State Assembly, became the first female Secretary of State when she was sworn in shortly after Mr. Kean on Inauguration Day."
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