Kerry Healey
| Kerry Healey | |
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| President of Babson College | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard Schlesinger |
| 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 2, 2003 – January 4, 2007 |
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| Governor | Mitt Romney |
| Preceded by | Jane Swift |
| Succeeded by | Tim Murray |
| Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party | |
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In office 2001–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Cresta |
| Succeeded by | Jean Inman (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kerry Murphy April 30, 1960 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Trinity College, Dublin |
Kerry Murphy Healey (born April 30, 1960) is the President of Babson College. She was the 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 with Governor Mitt Romney. She served as Foreign Policy Coordinator and Special Advisor on the Romney for President Campaign. Healey also served as the Republican National Committeewoman for the state of Massachusetts, and serves on the boards of numerous charities and political organizations. She is a member of the Republican Party, and was the Republican candidate in the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.
Murphy was born on April 30, 1960 in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, the only child of Shirley and Edward Murphy (1919–2005). Her father served during World War II, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve after 27 years. He also worked as a residential real estate developer. Her mother worked as a public elementary school teacher.
When Healey was 15, her father suffered a severe heart attack that rendered him unable to work for the rest of his life. This put a financial strain on the family and led Healey to work a number of part-time jobs to help support her family. Throughout high school, she worked at a souvenir shop in Daytona Beach. When she was 16, Healey enrolled in Daytona Beach Community College and began to take classes in computer science. She was then hired to help the Daytona Beach News-Journal become one of the first newspapers to transition from typewriters to computerized word processing. In addition to working to help support her family and save money for college, Healey also served as class president and student council president at Seabreeze High School.
After high school, Healey attended Harvard University with the help of a substantial scholarship. There, she served as the membership secretary of the Harvard Republicans Club and produced six plays. Healey graduated from Harvard in 1982 with an A.B. in government.
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