Ronald reagan facts and favorites

Physical Characteristics

• Height: 6'1"
• Hair: Brown
• Weight: 180-184 lbs.
• Eyes: Blue
• Generally right-handed
• Ruddy complexion (did not require face makeup for movie roles)
• Eyesight - Nearsighted since childhood. Began wearing glasses around the time he entered high school. Began wearing contact lenses when he began his acting career, which was shortly after they first became available.
• Hearing - Hard of hearing, especially in the right ear, since an actor fired a pistol near his head during the making of a motion picture. The film was one of the four, released in 1939 and 1940, in which Reagan portrayed Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft. To avoid causing embarrassment, Reagan never publicly identified the particular film, or the individual who fired the gun. He began wearing a hearing aid in 1983.

Favorite - Physical Activities

• Golf
• Horseback riding
• Ranch work
• Swimming
• Target shooting
• After onset of Alzheimer's Disease, favored golf over more strenuous activities.

Favorite - Bible Verse

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotton son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Favorite - Books

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Ronald Reagan’s Childhood and Education

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, to Edward “Jack” Reagan (1883-1941), a shoe salesman, and Nelle Wilson Reagan (1883-1962). The family, which included older son Neil Reagan (1908-1996), resided in an apartment that lacked indoor plumbing and running water and was located along the small town’s main street. Reagan’s father nicknamed him Dutch as a baby, saying he resembled “a fat little Dutchman.”

Did you know? Among the items on display at Ronald Reagan's presidential library in California is a 6,000-pound graffiti-covered section of the Berlin Wall, given to him by the people of Berlin.

During Reagan’s early childhood, his family lived in a series of Illinois towns as his father switched sales jobs, then settled in Dixon, Illinois, in 1920. In 1928, Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays. During summer vacations, he worked as a lifeguard in Dixon.

Reagan went on to attend Eureka College in Illinois, where he played football, ran track, captained the swim team, served as student council president and acted in school productions. After graduating in 1932, he found work as a radio sports announcer in Iowa.