Honor a Remarkable Former President in Atlanta

When Jimmy Carter died in December at the age of one hundred, the world remembered not just the Georgia peanut farmer who occupied the White House from 1977 to 1981 but the global humanitarian who strove to alleviate suffering for decades after. Both roles are on display in a crescent-shaped cluster of circular buildings crowning a bucolic hilltop near downtown Atlanta. One side houses the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, in which visitors can step into a replica Oval Office, see artifacts like an infant Jimmy’s high chair and a trove of eclectic gifts from foreign dignitaries, and glimpse Carter’s 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. The other comprises the nonprofit Carter Center, which works to eradicate disease, support fair elections, and resolve conflicts around the world. Among the nation’s presidential libraries and associated foundations, “we are the only truly active nonprofit organization that has been doing international development and assistance for forty years,” says Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander. “President Carter set the bar that other presidents are trying to reach.”