John de Jongh

ENG: John Percy de Jongh, Jr. (born November 13, 1957 in St. Thomas) is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Early life John de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did social work for the Detroit Public Schools. During the summer, de Jongh would return to St. Thomas to assist in his father's law firm. He earned an economics degree from Antioch College in Ohio. After graduating from college, de Jongh returned to his native Virgin Islands. He worked for several years as a member of the Economic Development Council, during which he helped receive funding for the preservation of historic Virgin Island buildings, before ...