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Ronald Wilson Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan. ?????????? Mr. Haskell Period 4. Childhood. Born February 6, 1911 Tampico, Illinois Nelle and Jack Reagan Older brother Neil Reagan Raised in Dixon Baptized as a Christian Worked a s a lifeguard in High School saving 77 lives. Educational Background.

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Ronald Wilson Reagan

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  1. Ronald Wilson Reagan ?????????? Mr. Haskell Period 4

  2. Childhood • Born February 6, 1911 • Tampico, Illinois • Nelle and Jack Reagan • Older brother Neil Reagan • Raised in Dixon • Baptized as a Christian • Worked a s a lifeguard in High School saving 77 lives

  3. Educational Background • Graduated from Dixon High School as student body President • Drama, Basketball, Football and Track • Eureka College, with BA in economics and sociology • Drama, Football and Swimming, Student Body President • Organized student strike • Made first speech as Freshman in High School

  4. Professional Life • 1932: Temporary staff announcer at radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa. • 1933: WOC &WHO, chief sports announcer. • 1937: Second Lieutenant in the Reserve Corps of Cavalry. • Contract player for Warner Bros, actor • Spokesman for General Electric Company • 1966: Governor of California

  5. Hollywood Years • Love is on the Air, first Warner Bros pic • Met first wife in picture, Brother Rat • That Hagen Girl, with Shirley Temple • Bedtime for Bozo • Last Picture, The Winning Team • TV host spokesman, Death Valley Days • Appeared in 53 films

  6. Family and Social Life • 1940: married actress Jane Wyman, met on Brother Rat • 1941, first child MaureenReagan • 1945, adopted son Michael was born • 1949, divorce to Jane • 1952: Married Nancy Davis, actress • 1952: Patricia Reagan born • 1958: Ronald “Skipper” Prescott

  7. Political Life • President of Screen Actors Guild, communism • Democrat gone Republican • 1964: “Friends of Ronald Reagan” support group formed. • 1966:Governor of California • 1980: ran against George Bush and won

  8. Presidency • 40th President of the US, landslide victory • Oldest Man elected President • American Hostages in Iran released • 69 days after took office, assassination attempt • Cut taxes, stimulated economic growth • Appointed first woman to Supreme Court • Strengthen National Defense • Improve relations with S.U. • He sent United States soldiers into Grenada and commanded soldiers out of Lebanon. • Maintained free-flow of oil during Iran-Iraq war

  9. Post Presidency • Struck with Alzheimer’s Disease • Still lives today • "...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." - January 20, 1981

  10. Work Cited • “American Presidents Life Portraits,” http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=39, 3/24/02 • “Ronald Reagan An American Hero,” http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/biography/, 3/22/02 • “Ronald Reagan,” http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/ presidents/rr40.htmlx3/25/02 • “The Official Site” http://www.ronaldreagan.com/ 3/26/02

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