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Vito John Fossella, Jr. (born March 9, 1965) is a U.S. Republican politician from the state of New York who formerly represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Fossella, a Staten Island native, was born to a family that included several politicians. Fossella initially took office in 1997, after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari. As a result of a DUI arrest in Alexandria, Virginia on May 1, 2008, followed by the public disclosure a week later that he had had an affair with Laura Fay, a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel, that had resulted in a three-year-old child while Fossella was married,〔http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/staten_islands_fossella_admits.html Staten Island's Fossella admits child from affair, May 08, 2008〕 he announced on his official website on May 20 that he had chosen to serve out the remainder of his term, which ended on January 3, 2009, but decided not to run for re-election.〔(Staten Island's Fossella will not seek re-election ), 2008-05-19, retrieved 2008-05-20.〕〔Barrett, Devlin, (NY Congressman Fossella says he won't seek re-election ), 2008-05-20, retrieved 2005-05-20.〕 ==Early life, education and family== Fossella was born on Staten Island into a Roman Catholic family of Irish and Italian descent. Fossella's great-grandfather, James A. O'Leary, represented Staten Island in Congress from 1935 to 1944. One of his uncles, Frank Fossella, was a prominent Staten Island Democrat who was a City Council member for four years, ending in 1985.〔Jonathan P. Hicks, ("Republican Is Chosen To Seek Molinari Seat" ), ''The New York Times'', June 3, 1997.〕 His father, Vito John Fossella, Sr., served in various appointed positions in the city administrations of Democratic Mayors Edward I. Koch and Abraham D. Beame, then became a successful construction engineer.〔Jonathan P. Hicks, ("Man in The News — Vito John Fossella Jr.; City Hall To Capitol" ), ''New York Times'', November 6, 1997.〕 Fossella, the fourth of seven children, was a basketball player at Monsignor Farrell High School, where he got his first political experience in the student council. He briefly played violin and percussion with the Christian pop band Sonseed. He attended Iona College in New Rochelle, then transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1987.〔 At Penn, he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After college, Fossella worked as a management consultant at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu was the second largest campaign contributor to Fossella in the 2006 campaign cycle〔(Vito Fossella: Campaign Finance/Money - Top Donors - Congressman 2006. ) ''Center for Responsive Politics.''〕 and among the largest contributors in the 2008 campaign cycle.〔(Vito Fossella: Campaign Finance/Money - Top Donors - Congressman 2008. ) ''Center for Responsive Politics.''〕 Fossella then attended law school.〔 He received a Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law in 1993, and worked as an associate at a medical malpractice defense law firm Schiavetti Begos & Nicholson. In 1990, Fossella married Mary Patricia Rowan. They have three children and live in the Great Kills neighborhood on Staten Island. Fossella also had a daughter out-of-wedlock in 2005 with retired Lt. Col. Laura Fay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vito Fossella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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