TEACHERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
State University, in San Marcos. He ran out of money and was forced to leave college before graduating. He taught school for a year in Cotulla, a small town in South Texas. After saving enough money, he returned and graduated from college. After graduating, he taught public speaking and debate in the Sam Houston High School in Houston, Texas. He left to become a congressional secretary in 1931.
Richard Nixon became the youngest member of the Whittier College Board of Trustees at age 26. He also taught a law course at Whittier College.
Gerald Ford was the only All-American athlete to become President of the United States. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Ford took a position as an assistant football coach and boxing coach. He coached full time at Yale from 1935 until 1938, when he entered Yale Law School.
A number of Presidents have at some time been involved in education, although only a few actually did it as any kind of a career. Some were teachers, most were administrators. Today, this kind of experience is rare. Considering the importance of education as an issue, this is significant.
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