304 The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter
History | Registration opens 4/15/25 9:00 AM EDT
This course will examine Jimmy Carter’s path from Plains, Georgia to the very pinnacle of power in the White House to a revolutionary post-presidency. Looking at the highs and the lows, we will see the many ways this humble peanut farmer from Georgia changed the world.
Alan Lowe
Alan Lowe obtained his BA and MA in history from the University of Kentucky. He began his career at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library as an archivist. He has worked for the Office of Presidential Libraries at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. He served as the executive director of the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee from 2003 to 2009. From 2009-16, Lowe served as founding director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. In 2016, Lowe was appointed as executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum, a position he held until 2019 when he returned to Tennessee and became the director of the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.