Last updated on:
6/11/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Ronald Reagan Biography
- Title:
- 40th President of the United States
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
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“I was pleased last year to proclaim 1983 the Year of the Bible. But, you know, a group called the ACLU severely criticized me for doing that. Well I wear their indictment like a badge of honor.”
Speech to the National Religious Broadcasters in Washington, DC, Jan. 30, 1984
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Congressional Gold Medal, 2002
- Recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993
- Recipient, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, United Kingdom, 1989
- Recipient, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, Japan, 1989
- 40th President of the United States, 1981-1989
- Republican Presidential candidate, did not receive party nomination, 1975-1976
- Governor of California, 1967-1975
- Political career launched in speech for Barry Goldwater, 1964
- Officially changed to Republican Party, 1962
- Campaigned for Richard Nixon for President, 1960
- Campaigned as a Democrat for Eisenhower, 1952/1956
- President, Screen Actors Guild, 1947
- Made 53 motion pictures and one TV movie, 1945-65
- First Motion Picture Unit, Army Air Force, made over 400 training films, 1942
- Actor, Warner Brothers, 1937-1942
- Radio Announcer, WCO (Davenport, Iowa) & WHO (Des Moines, Iowa), 1932
- Student Body President, Eureka (Illinois) College, 1932
- Student Body President, Dixon High School, 1928
- Education:
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- BA, Economics and Sociology, Eureka College (Illinois), 1932
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- Died on June 5, 2004
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