Derek Hodge
| Derek Hodge | |
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| 6th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands | |
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In office January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1995 |
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| Governor | Alexander Farrelly |
| Preceded by | Julio Brady |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Mapp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1941 Frederiksted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands |
| Died | May 31, 2011 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands |
| Children | Marisol and Jonathan |
| Profession | Attorney, politician |
Derek M. Hodge (October 5, 1941 – May 31, 2011) was a U.S. Virgin Islander politician and lawyer. Hodge served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands for two terms from 1987 to 1995 under Governor Alexander Farrelly. The Virgin Islands Daily News called him a "towering figure in local politics," referring to his political career, which spanned several decades.
Derek Michael Hodge was born on October 5, 1941, on the island of Saint Croix to parents, Rexford Hodge and Enid Kettle Hodge. He had one brother - Winston Hodge. Hodge was a cousin of Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
He was raised in the Crucian town of Frederiksted and attended elementary school on the island. Hodge attended high school at Colegio San Justo on the neighboring island of Puerto Rico, where he graduated as class valedictorian and acquired a fluency in Spanish.
Hodge received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1963 from Michigan State University. As an undergrad at Michigan State, Hodge formed a steel band called the Bamboushay Steel Band consisting of himself, Ariel Melchior Jr. (the future publisher of the Virgin Islands Daily News) and his brother, Winston Hodge. Following his graduation from Michigan State in 1963, worked as a teacher at schools in New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including Brooklyn College, Elena Christian Junior High School in Saint Croix and the College of the Virgin Islands. In 1966, Hodge competed as a center basketball player at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Juan with the U.S. Virgin Islands basketball team.
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