Jimmy Carter

The Nobel Peace Prize 2002

USA president. Nuclear physicist. Peanut farmer. Devout Christian. Egypt-Israel peace agreement. Carter Center promoting human rights. Ceased neutron bomb development. Protested Soviets invading Afghanistan. Panama Canal treaty. Established Departments of Energy, Education. Mental Health Systems Act. Housing. Jimmy Carter smile!

“We must adjust to changing times while holding unchanging principles.”

Medal, Cash, Charity

Jimmy Carter used most of his Nobel Prize award money in his Carter Center, the private peace-making foundation that he and his wife Rosalynn founded in partnership with Emory University in Atlanta.

He used a part of the money in the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern University. The institute ‘reimagines how to support family caregivers so they can do more than just try to keep up – they can thrive.’

Upon the Nobel prize being announced in October 2002, Jimmy Carter remarked, “I cannot tell you how many times I get a call in the middle of the night and some crisis is about to break out. Now we'll have the funds to get there."