BEFORE THE OVAL OFFICE C A R E E R S O F F O R M E R P R E S I D E N T S B E F O R E P O L I T I C S

By Dan Centinello

INTRODUCTIONT H E R E ' S N O C A R E E R P A T H F O R P R E S I D E N T S , A N D T H E M E N W H O H A V E S E R V E D A S T H E N A T I O N ' S C O M M A N D E R I N C H I E F H A V E C O M E F R O M A W I D E R A N G E O F P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D S .

T A K E A L O O K A T T H E C A R E E R S O F T H R E E P R E S I D E N T S B E F O R E T H E Y E N T E R E D P O L I T I C S !

PICTURED: RONALD REAGAN AS A RADIO ANNOUNCER IN IOWA, CIRCA 1935.

GEORGE W . BUSH (2001-2009)Bush served in the Air Force and Air National Guard of both Texas and Alabama after graduating from Yale University. He founded the oil exploration company Arbusto Energy in 1977, which was renamed Bush Exploration.

Bush became Chairman and CEO of the oil company Spectrum 7 after it merged with Bush Exploration, and following Spectrum's acquisition by Harken Energy Corporation in 1986, Bush was named to Harken's Board of Directors.

In 1989, Bush purchased a controlling interest of the Texas Rangers baseball team and served as the managing general partner for five years.

RONALD REAGAN (1981-1989)

Reagan's career began as an Iowa radio announcer for Chicago Cubs' games before he was signed as an actor by Warner Brothers Studios.

He starred in dozens of films, such as 1942's "King's Row." In 1947, he was elected President of the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and won re-election to the position seven times. 

DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER (1953- 1961)A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Eisenhower was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant after graduation and served at a number of bases across the United States, the Philippines, and the Panama Canal Zone.

He was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II. He planned the Invasion of Normandy, and he remained in command until Germany's final surrender in 1945.

Following the war, Eisenhower briefly served as the President of Columbia University before returning to military service as the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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