Joe Del Campo

Joseph P. Del Campo (born July 4, 1943) is an American FBI agent and private investigator best known for competing on the reality competition show Survivor.

Early life Del Campo was born July 4, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Father Judge High School in Philadelphia, then enrolled at nearby La Salle University, majoring in Spanish. Part of his college curriculum had him studying abroad, at the University of Madrid. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at La Salle in 1967.

Following college, Del Campo enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, during which time he attended Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. After issues with his sinuses prevented him from completing his pilot accreditation, he was transferred to Miami where he began working in the field of intelligence. One of his duties was to keep Cuban spies from infiltrating the refugee population entering the United States.

Career Del Campo left the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant (junior grade) in 1971. In 1975, while working as an investigator of organized crime, Del Campo earned a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration and Supervision, from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

One of the most notable moments of Del Campo's career came one winter's day, when he saved a child being held hostage. A fugitive from Chicago had made his way to Milwaukee and proceeded to shoot a few officers before taking a young boy hostage. As the fugitive was trying to escape with the boy, Del Campo climbed onto the steep, icy roof of a house, took aim with his gun, and fired. The fugitive was hit in the back of the neck, and the boy escaped unharmed. He has also contributed articles to Vero's Voice, a magazine serving communities along the central Atlantic coast of Florida.