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Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, , in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy Carter, a registered nurse.
He was educated in the public school of Plains, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in In the Navy he became a submariner, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and rising to the rank of lieutenant. Chosen by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the nuclear submarine program, he was assigned to Schenectady, New York, where he took graduate work at Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics and served as senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second nuclear submarine.
On July 7, , he married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. When his father died in , he resigned his naval commission and returned with his family to Georgia. He took over the Carter farms, and he and Rosalynn operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply com
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Passes Away at
ATLANTA (Dec. 29, ) &#; Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 29, at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was , the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
President Carter is survived by his children &#; Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Rosalynn, and one grandchild.
&#;My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,&#; said Chip Carter, the former president&#;s son. &#;My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs.&#;The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.&#;
There will be public observances in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., followed by a private interment in Plains, Georgia.&#;The final arrangements for President Carter&#;s state funeral, including all public events and motorcade routes, are still pending.&#;The schedule will be released by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region at&#;
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