Melvin Herbert Evans (August 7 1917 November 27 1984) was the first elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands serving from 1969 to 1975. After serving as governor he was delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1981.Evans was born in Christiansted in Saint Croix and attended Howard University Washington D.C. and the University of California Berkeley. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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