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Carla Katz, Jon Corzine and Pat Hobbs. Remember when? | The Auditor

Chris Christie isn't the only New Jersey governor who has a connection to Patrick Hobbs, the new athletic director of Rutgers University.

Hobbs also had a small role in the scandal featuring former Gov. Jon Corzine and union leader Carla Katz about a decade ago.

In the early 2000s, Katz — Corzine's former girlfriend — was awarded a scholarship to Seton Hall University Law School not long after Corzine, then a U.S. senator, donated $1 million to school.

Hobbs was then the law school's dean.

He was even mentioned in a series of emails between Corzine and Katz — the former presidential of a local Communication Workers of Association chapter — at the time.