 Joseph Rhodes Jr. August 14, 1947 November 7, 2013 akanga ari wezvematongerwe enyika weAmerica uye mushandi. Kubva muna 1972 kusvika muna 1980, akashanda semutevedzeri wePennsylvania House of Representatives kwemakore maviri. Akanga ari mutariri wePennsylvania Public Utility Commission kubva muna 1988 kusvika muna 1995. Akashanda senhengo yemapoka akawanda eruzhinji, kusanganisira Presidents Commission on Campus Unrest iyo yakaongorora kupfura kwakauraya kwevadzidzi vasina zvombo vairatidzira nemasoja nemapurisa muna 1970 paKent Stateuye Jackson State Universities. 