predecessor successor children office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
antonio j. marino patrick j. mcmanus albert divirgilio , jr. 53rd mayor of lynn , massachusetts c. 1942 1986 albert v. divirgilio
 1991 albert v. divirgilio
albert v. divirgilio

albert v. divirgilio -lrb- born c. 1942 -rrb- was a massachusetts politician who served as the 53rd mayor of lynn , massachusetts .
divirgilio spent eighteen years as a member of the lynn city council before defeating mayor antonio j. marino in the 1985 mayoral election .
under divirgilio 's leadership , lynn desegregated their public schools .
lynn also banned the sale of pit bulls while divirgilio was mayor .
divirgilio lost reelection in 1991 to city councilor patrick j. mcmanus .
after leaving politics , divirgilio opened an insurance agency .
-lsb- http://www.divirgilioinsurance.com/] his son albert divirgilio , jr. is a former lynn city councilor .
