THE 40TH PRESIDENT

EARLY LIFE

• February 6, 1911- June 5, 2004
• Tampico, Illinois
• Nicknamed "Dutch" by his father

REPUBLICAN

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE

• On his 69th day in office, John HinckleyJr. Attempted
• To assassinate him, instead his secretary, secret service agent
• And a police officer were the victims outside of the
• Washington Wilson Hotel

REAGANOMICS

• Implemented laissez-faire and free market policy
• Proposed tax cuts
• Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
• Job Training Partnership Act of 1982
• Deficit Reduction Act of 1984

GORBACHEV,

COLD WAR

• Massive build-up of the armed forces; Oversaw NATO's deployment of missiles in W. Germany
• "the forward march of freedom and democracy
• will leave Marxism–Leninism on the ash-heap of history."
• "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history
• whose last pages even now are being written".

RONALD REAGAN

HONORS

• His use of hearing aids boosted sales in 1983
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was dedicated to him and opened to the public on 11/4/91
• National Speakers Association Speakers Hall of Fame
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 1998 for his 87th birthday
• Naval Heritage award for his support of the U S Navy and military

HEALTH

• Surgery to remove polyps from colon
• Enlarged prostate
• Skin cancer operation on his nose
• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 83
• Died of pneumonia in his home in Bel-Air, California