Carter/Mondale Set Record.
ATLANTA, GA.- On Tuesday, May 23rd, President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale will become the longest-living, post-administration President and Vice President in U.S. history. On that day, they will surpass President John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Adams and Jefferson lived 25 years, 122 days after the end of their administration. Both Adams and Jefferson died on July 4th, 1826. On Thursday, President Carter and Vice President Mondale will have lived 25 years, 123 days after leaving office. “While breaking the Adams and Jefferson record is certainly a milestone, the important thing is how President Carter and Vice President Mondale have used that time,” Carter Presidential Library Director Jay Hakes said.
In 1982, a year after leaving the White House, President and Mrs. Carter founded the Carter Center to advance peace and health worldwide. The Carter Center is a permanent legacy to the vision and values of both President and Mrs. Carter," said Center Executive Director Dr. John Hardman. "Because of their passion and commitment, once forgotten people in 65 developing nations have renewed hope for lives free of preventable diseases, a voice in their own governance, and the means to create sustainable peace."
Former Vice President Walter Mondale has also continued a distinguished career of public service. Having traveled extensively throughout the United States and the world promoting U.S. policy as Vice President, Mondale was selected as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President in 1984. He has also been a vital contributor to the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. "The Vice President," according to Dean J. Brian Atwood, "has been a driving force in teaching tomorrow's leaders about public service and in founding our new Center for the Study of Politics and Governance." Mondale is Senior Counsel with the law firm Dorsey & Whitney, LLP.
