Charles Lester (Chuck) Nergard (February 6, 1929 – November 9, 2017) was an American politician in the state of Florida.
Nergard was born in Chicago in 1929 and moved to Florida in 1956. He studied at Schurz Junior College, Wright Junior College, and George Williams College.
As a Republican, he represented the 76th District which is in St. Lucie County, Florida. He served from 1967 to 1976 and from 1978 to 1990.
He was married to Catherine Misheck. They had two children. During his time in the House, Nergard was also a part-time real estate developer. His religion was listed as Lutheran.
Nergard died in Port St. Lucie, Florida on November 9, 2017 at the age of 88.
K. T. McFarland
Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland (born July 22, 1951) was the Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump from January 20, 2017 to May 19, 2017.
On April 9, 2017, it was reported that she would soon be leaving this post and be nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to Singapore.
McFarland served previously as a staff member on the U.S. National Security Council in the 1970s and a staff member at the Defense Department in the 1980s. McFarland ran unsuccessfully for the Republican Party nomination in the United States Senate election in New York, 2006, then was a Fox News national security analyst and a contributor to its website opinion page in the 2010s.
David M. Friedman
David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) is an American bankruptcy lawyer. He was the United States Ambassador to Israel from 2017 until 2021.
Friedman joined the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (then known as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres) in 1994, where he met and represented Donald Trump, then chairman and president of The Trump Organization. He served as an advisor to Trump during his successful presidential campaign.
In December 2016, President-elect Trump announced that he was nominee for ambassador to Israel. His nomination was met with support from conservative Israeli and Jewish American activist groups, and opposition from liberal advocacy organizations, particularly J Street.
Friedman was confirmed by the full Senate on March 23 with a 52–46 vote and officially sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on March 29.
Shape of You
"Shape of You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It is the first single from his third studio album, "÷" ("divide"). It was released on January 6, 2017. "Shape of You" has reached number one on the charts of several countries, including entering at the top of the charts in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia. It became Sheeran's first number-one song in the US. Before, he reached number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2015 with the single "Thinking Out Loud".
On Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), a website that shows the royalties and songwriters/publishers of songs, Sheeran added the songwriters of TLC's "No Scrubs" (1999). This is because lines from both songs have a similar rhythm.
The song finished as the number-one song of 2017 in the US.
The music video for "Shape of You", directed by Jason Koenig, was released on 30 January 2017 and features American actress Jennie Pegouski and retired sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryūta.
"Shape of You" has reached the number one position in 38 countries. It is one of the most successful songs in world history, having charted at the number one position for 10 weeks or more on the national singles charts in 16 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The song has charted for 15 weeks on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, becoming the longest-running number one single on a national singles chart in Australian history - a record that it held until November 2019. In Canada, the song charted at number one for 16 weeks, becoming one of the two longest-running number one singles in Canadian history, with the other being the Black Eyed Peas' 2009 single "I Gotta Feeling" - a record that both songs were later equalled with by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" in 2017 and surpassed by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" in 2019.
Mike Quigley
Michael Bruce "Mike" Quigley (born October 17, 1958) is an American politician. He is the U.S. Representative for , serving since April 7, 2009.
The district includes most of Chicago's North Side, as well as several of the city's western suburbs. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Quigley is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where he represented Chicago's northside neighborhoods of Lakeview, Uptown and Rogers Park. He also teaches environmental policy and Chicago politics at Loyola University Chicago.
Dieter Kottysch
Dieter Kottysch (30 June 1943 – 9 April 2017) was a German amateur middleweight boxer. He was born in Gliwice, Poland. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He was a member of BC Sportmann, Hamburg.
Kottysch died on 9 April 2017 in Hamburg, Germany from a long-illness at the age of 73.
Amo Houghton
Amory "Amo" Houghton, Jr. (August 7, 1926 – March 4, 2020) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of New York. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives serving from 1987 through 2005. He was a member of one of upstate New York's most well known families in business, the Houghton family. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Houghton was born in Corning, New York. He studied at Harvard University. He was married to Priscilla Dewey until her death in 2012. Houghton died on March 4, 2020 in Corning at the age of 93.
Leo C. Zeferetti
Leo C. Zeferetti (July 15, 1927 – March 21, 2018) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Democratic Party.
Zeferetti served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from January 3, 1975 through January 3, 1983.
Zeferetti was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at New York University in 1963, and Baruch College from 1964 until 1966.
Zeferetti was a member of the New York State Crime Control Planning Board from 1972 until 1974 and a representative to President’s Conference on Correction, 1971.
In 1980, he was nearly defeated for reelection. In 1982, his district was eliminated in redistricting, and the bulk of its territory was merged with the Staten Island-based district of freshman Republican Guy Molinari, who defeated him in the general election that year.
Zeferetti died on March 21, 2018 in Davie, Florida at the age of 90.
Fred Richmond
Frederick William "Fred" Richmond (November 15, 1923 – December 28, 2019) was an American politician and convicted criminal of Jewish descent. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from January 3, 1975 through January 3, 1982.
In April 1978, Richmond was arrested in Washington for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy. In 1982 Richmond was convicted on federal corruption charges, which included possession of marijuana and payment of an illegal gratuity to a Brooklyn Navy Yard employee. As part of a plea bargain he was forced to resign from office.
Richmond was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at Boston University.
With a personal fortune estimated at $32 million, Richmond was one of the wealthiest members of Congress.
Richmond died on December 28, 2019 at a nursing home in Manhattan from pneumonia, aged 96.
Richard Ottinger
Richard Ottinger (born January 27, 1929) is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1965 through January 3, 1971. After leaving office, he served as a legal educator.
After retiring from Congress, Ottinger became a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, founding an environmental law program there, and served as the law school dean from 1994 to 1999. He currently serves as Dean Emeritus.