Marcos A. Devers
| Marcos A. Devers | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 16th Essex district |
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Assumed office July 8, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | William Lantigua |
| Acting Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts | |
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In office September 2001 – November 8, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Patricia Dowling |
| Succeeded by | Michael J. Sullivan |
| President of the Lawrence, Massachusetts City Council |
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In office January 2002 – January 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Quartarone |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Blanchette |
| Member of the Lawrence, Massachusetts City Council |
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In office January 2000 – January 2006 |
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| Personal details | |
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October 25, 1950 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo; B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1978. |
Marcos A. Devers (born October 25, 1950) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a former acting mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts. When Devers served as acting mayor from September to November 2001 he was the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
Marcos Devers attended grammar school in Villa Duarte, a barrio in the eastern part of Santo Domingo. He graduated from secondary school and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in 1978. Marcos also received additional education and training in Japan and Italy in remote sensing during the 1980s. He was a math instructor at Santurce Community College, Santurce, Puerto Rico from 1984 to 1986. He later went on to write technical papers for infrastructure development in the Dominican Republic.
In 1982 Marcos left the Dominican Republic and moved to Puerto Rico, where three of his four children were born. In 1987, he moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts. Marcos attended Salem State College and the University of Massachusetts Lowell to complete the academic requirements to become a certified educator in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Marcos taught high school level mathematics at both Lawrence High School and the Greater Lawrence Technical High School for sixteen years. He is also the founder and C.E.O. of MDJ Incorporated Engineering & Construction, a civil engineering firm.
Marcos and his wife, Vicky, have been married since 1986, and they are the parents of four children – Sally, Eva, Marcos Jr., and Lunara. They reside in Lawrence’s Prospect Hill neighborhood.
In 1991 Devers decided to run for an at-large seat on the Lawrence City Council. Marcos was finally elected to the City Council in November 1999 on his fifth attempt. He was then re-elected to his seat in 2001 and 2003. As a City Councilor, Marcos has held the positions of Council Vice President (2000–2002), Council President (2002–2004), and Interim Mayor upon the resignation of Mayor Dowling in September 2001 until November 2001. When Marcos was elected the Interim Mayor, he became the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts and the first mayor of Dominican descent in the United States.
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