Jimmy Carterserved as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
In the 1980 presidential election, the Democrat was defeated by RepublicanRonald Reagan.
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental nonprofit.
In 1982, Carter joined the faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Carter remainedoutspoken about politiciansand their decisions and policies.
Jimmy Carter has been married to Rosalynn Carter since 1946.
The couple have four children and 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
