[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 183 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DEVLIN L. HODGES

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 23, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Devlin L. Hodges came to Yonkers from 
Richmond, Va., where he was born via New York City. While in New York, 
in 1975, he became a Police Department Associate and was assigned to 
the Lower East Side of Manhattan during one of the worst times in the 
city's crime era. After three years he joined the New York State 
Department of Correctional Services and two years later joined the 
City's Department of Corrections.
  There he blossomed, becoming a Captain in 1988, and an Assistant 
Deputy Warden before retiring in 1998. He currently is a Security 
Officer with the Jewish Home and Healthcare Organization.
  He is a member of the James H. Farrell Lodge of the Masons since 
1994, starting as a Junior Steward and then appointed as Secretary of 
the Lodge. In 2007 he was elected to the esteemed office of Worshipful 
Master and while serving in that capacity he was elected President of 
the Masters and Wardens Council of the Third Masonic District.
  From there he returned to the office of Secretary of the Lodge, a 
position he has held since.
  In 2008 he received his thirty-second degree of Freemasonry when he 
became a member of Pentecost Consistory #98 of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite Masons, Prince Hall Affiliated of the Northern 
Jurisdiction. In 2009 he was appointed District Deputy Grand Lecturer 
of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and 
Honorable Fraternity and Accepted Masons, serving in that position 
since.
  He has served in many positions of responsibility in the Masons and 
it is through his leadership that the Luther V. Garrison, Sr. Masonic 
Foundation was formed. He has served as president of the Foundation 
from its founding in 2008.
  Devlin Hodges has served his community wisely and well for many years 
and I am proud to join the Luther V. Garrison, Sr. Foundation in 
honoring him as Man of the Year.

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