Joe  is a 55year resident of Pelham who attended Iona College and graduated from theState Department’s School of Languages in  Arlington, Va.  After three years with the 500th Military Intelligence Group during the Vietnam War, he returned to Pelham and married his childhood sweetheart, Jan Devitt.  Joe and Jan’s three children all attended Pelham schools. After 8 years as a Village of Pelham trustee and also its acting Administratorfor several years, Joe was Pelham’s Mayor for 13 years…all of which could be a Pelham Village record! A record, certainly, for citizenship, community participation and involvement.