Apple devoted its homepage Monday to the reminiscence of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100 years previous. Carter lived longer than another U.S. president and appeared to do greater than most former heads of state after his time period in workplace.
“Today, we honor President Carter’s lifetime of service and his commitment to leaving the world better than he found it. May he rest in peace,” Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner wrote in a publish on X. Each the X publish and the Apple web site confirmed the identical picture of Carter in work garments with a device belt on a building web site. The Plains, Georgia, native labored for a few years constructing properties for the homeless by way of nonprofit group Habitat for Humanity.
Apple homepage honors former President Jimmy Carter, useless at 100
Apple’s custom of honoring deceased leaders and visionaries goes a minimum of way back to its homepage tribute to The Beatles’ George Harrison after his premature demise in 2001. The corporate paid comparable tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after his demise in 2011 (and reprised the Jobs tribute a number of instances.) Over time, Apple’s tasteful homepage takeovers have paid homage to Martin Luther King Jr., Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela and others.
Apple honors Jimmy Carter for his lifetime of service
With Monday’s homepage, Apple honors Carter, a soft-spoken man who ran his firm’s peanut-farming enterprise earlier than getting into politics. Carter’s single time period in workplace lasted from 1977 to 1981 — Apple’s early heyday. The Democrat, who served between Republican Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, turned well-known as a crusader for civil rights.
Nonetheless, regardless of features in power coverage and arms talks early in Carter’s time period, his closing months in workplace have been marked by the Iran hostage disaster, an power disaster and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
Earlier than his presidency, Carter served as a submarine officer within the U.S. Navy and later as a Georgia state senator and governor. However Carter’s time after serving as president is seen as extra of an enduring legacy, because of his work on human rights and diplomacy by way of the Carter Heart. In 2002, he gained a Nobel Peace Prize.
The charitable work he did along with his spouse of 77 years, Rosalynn, drew a lot reward and admiration worldwide. It’s no surprise Apple selected a photograph of Carter dressed for labor on a building web site. He turned well-known for his hands-on work with Habitat for Humanity.
At present, we honor President Carter’s lifetime of service and his dedication to leaving the world higher than he discovered it. Could he relaxation in peace. pic.twitter.com/cXl99kT7lr
