Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. One of his notable works is the co-founding of the Carter Center which won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in science. He thereafter joined the United States Navy and later became motivated by the racial segregation and the civil rights movements.
Prior to his presidency, he was elected as Governor of Georgia and he stood for affirmative action for ethnic minorities. Another notable moment for Carter was his pardoning of all evaders of the Vietnam War draft. In addition, he established a national energy policy as well as the Department of Energy and Education. Carter became the longest-retired president in US history in 2012. He's also a noted world-traveler due to the many peace negotiations he had to attend.