Farley, who is a producer on Chrissy Teigen's daytime show, filed for divorce from his wife of 15 years in March. Romantic getaway: De Laurentiis and producer Shane Farley were all smiles as they strolled on the beach. PDA: Giada whispered into her boyfriend's ear as they stopped for a cuddle.
Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. Later, he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution. In 1789 he was Convening Moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
1768-94*. John Witherspoon was the only clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration of Independence. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, he gained a reputation in the Church of Scotland as a leader of the left-wing âPopular Party,â and his works made him well-known in the American colonies.The trustees of the College first elected him president in 1766.He declined the call to serve but eventually arrived in Princeton in August 1768 with his wife, five children, and 300 books for the College library.argely because of him, Princeton became known as the âseedbedâ of revolution. Six months after he signed the Declaration of Independence, the College became the site of a strategic victory as Washington surprised the British in the Battle of Princeton.