Whitney was the 1964 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Minnesota. He lost to Eugene McCarthy, and the Republican nominee for governor of Minnesota in 1982, losing to Rudy Perpich.
He was the team executive for the Minnesota Twins. He was also a part-owner and president of the Minnesota Vikings football team for a number of years.
Whitney died under hospice care in Independence, Minnesota on May 20, 2016, aged 89.
Nick Lashaway
Nick Lashaway (March 24, 1988 – May 8, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles on "The X-Files", "Girls", and "The 40 Year Old Virgin". He appeared in "The Last Song". He played Brandon O'Neil in "My Soul to Take".
Lashaway died in a car crash on May 8, 2016 in Framingham, Massachusetts, aged 28.
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano, OMRI, OMCA (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect and engineer. He won the Pritzker Prize in 1998. He is known for designing London's tallest skyscraper The Shard and The New York Times Building in New York City. He was born in Genoa, Italy.
In 2006, Piano was selected by "TIME" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was selected as the 10th most influential person in the "Arts and Entertainment" category of the 2006 Time 100.
In August 2013, he was appointed Senator for Life in the Italian Senate by President Giorgio Napolitano.
Ken Gorgal
Kenneth Robert Gorgal (February 13, 1929 – May 8, 2016) was an American football player. He was born in Peru, Illinois. He played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s. He played college football at Purdue University.
After retiring from football, Gorgal went back to Chicago. He later held a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade, a major exchange.
Gorgal died on May 8, 2016 in Vero Beach, Florida at the age of 87.
Jim Ray Hart
James "Jim" Ray Hart (October 30, 1941 – May 19, 2016) was an American. He played for the National League's San Francisco Giants from 1963 to 1973 and the New York Yankees in 1973 and 1974. Hart batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hookerton, North Carolina.
In a 12-season career, Hart posted a .278 batting average, with 170 home runs and 578 runs batted in (RBIs) in 1,125 Major League games played.
Hart died in Acampo, California on May 19, 2016 after a long-illness, aged 74.
Patricia M. Derian
Patricia Murphy "Patt" Derian (August 12, 1929 – May 20 2016) was an American civil rights and human rights activist. She was born in New York City, but was raised in Danville, Virginia. During the 1976 U.S. presidential election, Derian was deputy director of the Carter-Mondale campaign. Derian served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1977 to 1981. She was known for being a critic of the Ronald Reagan presidency and his administration.
Derian died at her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from Alzheimer's disease on May 20, 2016, aged 86.
Robert Mandan
Robert Mandan (February 2, 1932 – April 29, 2018) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Chester Tate on the satirical sitcom "Soap" from 1977 through 1981.
Mandan died on April 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California of prostate cancer at the age of 86.
Wendy Davis (politician)
Wendy Russell Davis (born Wendy Jean Russell; May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician. She was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, but was raised in Fort Worth, Texas.
Davis represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. She previously served on the Fort Worth City Council.
Davis ran for the office of Governor of Texas in the 2014 election but lost to Greg Abbott with 59-38 percent.
Tammy Duckworth
Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician. She is the United States senator from Illinois. She was a U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2017.
A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.
Duckworth ran for the United States senate seat against the current senator Mark Kirk in the 2016 Illinois senate elections. On November 8, 2016, she defeated Kirk in his bid for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat.
In April 2018, Duckworth gave birth to her daughter Maile, making her the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office.
In July 2020, she became one of the finalists for Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 election/
Tim Kaine
Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American politician. He is serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Kaine was first elected to the Senate in 2012.
Kaine declared his candidacy for Governor of Virginia in 2005 in a bid to replace Mark Warner (who was constitutionally unable from serving another term. Kaine won in an uncontested Democratic primary, and faced Republican Attorney General Jerry Kilgore in the general election. Kaine won with 51% of the vote, to Kilgore's 46%. Kaine served as governor from 2006 to 2010. After becoming governor, Kaine gave the Democratic response to the 2006 State of the Union Address. He later became the 51st Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, serving from 2009 to 2011.
In 2012, after incumbent Senator Jim Webb announced he would retire, Kaine declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Kaine won in the Democratic primary and faced former Senator and Virginia Governor George Allen in the general election. In the November 2012 election, Kaine won with 53% of the vote to Allen's 47%.
On 11 June 2013, Kaine delivered a speech on the Senate floor in support of the bi-partisan "Gang of Eight" immigration bill. The speech was entirely in Spanish, marking the first time a Senator had ever made a speech on the Senate floor in a language other than English.
On July 22, 2016, he was picked to be Hillary Clinton's running mate for the 2016 presidential election. He lost the election to Donald Trump and Mike Pence on November 9, 2016.
Kaine was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the eldest of three sons. Kaine was born to Mary Kathleen (née Burns) and Albert Alexander Kaine, Jr.. Kaine's father is of Scottish and Irish ancestry, and his mother is of Irish descent. Kaine grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kaine received his B.A. in economics from the University of Missouri in 1979. Kaine was a Coro Foundation fellow in Kansas City in 1978. He then attended Harvard Law School. He took a break during law school to work with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Honduras. Kaine worked in Honduras for nine months from 1980 to 1981.
Kaine graduated from Harvard Law School with a law degree in 1983, and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1984.
Kaine practiced law in Richmond for 17 years, specializing in fair housing law and representing clients discriminated against on the basis of race or disability. Kaine was an adjunct professor for University of Richmond Law School for six years.
In May 1994, Kaine was elected to the city council of the independent city of Richmond, from the City's 2nd District. He served four terms on the council.
n July 1998, Kaine was elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia. He replaced Larry Chavis. He was chosen by a majority-black City Council, becoming the city's first white mayor in more than ten years.
Kaine voted against to tax increases, and supported a tax abatement program for renovated buildings, which was credited for a housing-renovation boom in the city. Richmond was named one of "the 10 best cities in America to do business" by "Forbes" magazine during Kaine's term.