predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
clifford e. debaptiste carolyn comitta west chester , pennsylvania republican 57th mayor of west chester , pennsylvania 4 march 1937 january 7 , 2002 dick yoder
 january 4 , 2010 dick yoder politician , educator villanova university
dick yoder

richard `` dick '' yoder is an american politician and educator .
he is a member of the republican party , and served as mayor of west chester , pennsylvania .
yoder was born and raised in west chester .
he attended west chester east high school and after his graduation he attended villanova university .
he also served in the marine corps for six years .
after earning his degree , yoder began his teaching career at west chester university .
while teaching , he also coached and served as an athletic administrator .
he retired from teaching in 2000 .
in 2001 he ran for mayor and was reelected in 2005 .
after having reached the office 's eight-year term limit , yoder left office and was succeeded by incumbent mayor carolyn comitta in january 2010 .
