Ronald Reagan's College Odyssey The Crucible of Leadership

No member of his family had any higher education, but young Ronald Reagan enrolled at Eureka College, near Peoria. Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, and Thomas Phillip “Tip” O'Neill, Jr. (Boston College '36), Speaker of the House ... Reagan was raised in a poor family in small towns of northern Illinois. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and worked as a sports announcer on several ... Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932. He went on to become a sports broadcaster, movie and television actor, governor of California and the 40th ... Reagan vowed to press again for a tuition tax credit that would start at $100 in 1985, costing $359 million, and a modest tax break for parents who save money ... I am grateful to the Carnegie Trust for the Universities in Scotland for gen- erously funding research expenses associated with this article. I would also like ... The just-elected governor of California, Ronald Reagan, declared the state had “no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity.” and Democrats had opened the door to for-profit colleges enrolling students without high school diplomas. · On top of that, the Reagan ... Ronald Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 with a degree in economics and sociology but his heart never left the values of his small Midwestern ... Ronald Reagan (1981-1989). President Ronald Reagan at Durenberger Republican convention Rally, 1982 Universal History Archive/Getty Images.