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.”
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JImmy Carter was the first US President born in a hospital on October 1, 1924 at the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia.
Jimmy Carter as a child, photographed at what is now named Jimmy Carter National Historical Park in Sumter County, Georgia. His family farm and store were in an area that was mostly populated by African Americans; subsequently, as a politician, Carter was a staunch supporter of integration. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Notes: When Jimmy Carter was a child, his father was managing a farm and they lived in public housing for workers in Plains, Georgia. He was the 1st US President to live in subsidized housing. That could have contributed to his later involvement in Habitat for Humanity.
“I was totally dominated by my father. I revered my father. I admired everything he did. He was a great sports person. He loved me. I was his only boy at that time, before my brother Billy came along.
“When I was a young boy, this same teacher also introduced me to Leo Tolstoy’s novel, “War and Peace.” She interpreted that powerful narrative as a reminder that the simple human attributes of goodness and truth can overcome great power. She also taught us that an individual is not swept along on a tide of inevitability but can influence even the greatest human events.”
Jimmy Carter was the first US President to graduate from a public high school, Plains High School, Plains, Georgia.
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Name: James Earl Carter
Birth: 1 October, 1924, Plains, GA, USA
Death: 29 December, 2024, Plains, CA, USA
Education: Nuclear Physics, BS US Navy. Attended Georgia Southwestern College; Georgia Institute of Technology. HS Plains, GA
Residency at the time of the award: USA
Role: 39th President of the United States of America
Prize Motivation: “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development”
Portion of Cash: 1/1
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