What is Peter F. Secchia?
[[File:Peter F. Secchia & Gerald Ford.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. president|President]] [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] and Secchia, 1975]] '''Peter Finley Secchia''' (April 15, 1937 – October 21, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] businessman and diplomat. He served as the U.S. ambassador to [[Italy]] and [[San Marino]] from 1989 to 1993. He was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. Secchia was born in [[Englewood, New Jersey]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1956 to 1959. Secchia died of [[COVID-19]] on October 21, 2020, in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. He was 83.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/former-us-ambassador-peter-secchia-dies/|title=Former US Ambassador Peter Secchia dies at 83|website=WOOD-TV|date=October 21, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2020|author=LaFurgey, Joe|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062414/https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/former-us-ambassador-peter-secchia-dies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Secchia, Peter F}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Italy]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Englewood, New Jersey]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan]] [[Category:Politicians from Grand Rapids, Michigan]] [[Category:Politicians from New Jersey]] [[Category:United States Marine Corps personnel]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]]