Background
He is the son of Frank Clemmons, founder of the First Church of God In Christ in Brooklyn, New New York
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Joseph Clemmons
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Education
He attended Long Island University and Howard University. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School.
Career
He also served on the Norwalk Common Council beginning in 1995. Clemmons was ordained by Bishop Order of Merit Kelly in 1952. In 1975, he was a Martin Luther King fellow, and in that capacity, he traveled to West Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.
He was an Elementary School Teacher in Baltimore and a Middle and High School Teacher in Bridgeport and Norwalk.
He is a former president of the Hampton University Ministers" Conference, in Hampton, Virginia and he continues to serve on its Executive Board. He was inducted into the Morehouse College of Preachers in 1988.
Clemmons was elected to the Norwalk Common Council in 1995. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in a special election in February 1997 and was re-elected in November 1998 defeating Republican Jon J. Velez and also re-elected in November 2000.
Norwalk Fire Department Chaplain
Member, Board of Directors of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now (NEON)
He was elected to a seven-year term in 2004.
Achievements
Membership
Executive director and board member of Norwalk Area Ministry.
