2. The Early Years

3. The Lifeguard

4. Sports Announcer

5. The Gipper

6. President of Screen Actors Guild

7. Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman

8. Ronnie and Mommy

10. A more perfect union.

11. Vision “A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

14. An iron clad commitment to social security.

17. The American Miracle • Unemployment fell from 7.6% to 5.5%. • Inflation dropped from 13.5% in 1980 to 4.1% by 1988. • Net worth of families earning between $20,000 and $50,000 annually grew by 27%. • Real gross national product rose 26%. • Prime interest rate was slashed by more than half, from unprecedented 21.5% in January 1981 to 10% in August 1988. • Tax cuts saved the median-income family of four close to $9,000 in taxes from what it would have owed in 1980. • Millions of new jobs were created; more than half went to women and employment of African Americans rose 25%. • Growth of government spending was slashed from 10% to <1%.

20. Sandra Day O’Connor July 1981 Described by Ronald Regan as a woman of great legal intellect, fairness, and integrity.

21. Everyone Communicates;Few Connect The Great Communicator

22. The ability to connect with others begins with understanding the value of people.

23. Confidants Friends

25. . . . forever etched on their minds and in their hearts.

26. Offer Hope; Act to Achieve It

29. Use Humor

30. The Balanced Life

33. The Legacy Left Behind “And so goodbye and God bless the United States of America.” Farewell Address January 11, 1989

34. Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911-2004

35. “I love you, Ronnie.”

36. A warrior who will ride no more.

37. . . . to form a more perfect union . . . Secure the blessings of liberty . . .to insure domestic tranquility