Dan Centinello, a veteran of countless political campaigns, takes a look at the careers of three presidents before they became commanders-in-chief!

1. B E F O R E T H E O V A L
O F F I C E
CAREERS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS
BEFORE POLITICS
By Dan Centinello

2. I N T R O D U C T I O N
THERE'S NO CAREER PATH FOR PRESIDENTS, AND THE
MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS THE NATION'S COMMANDER
IN CHIEF HAVE COME FROM A WIDE RANGE OF
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAREERS OF THREE PRESIDENTS
BEFORE THEY ENTERED POLITICS!
PICTURED:
RONALD REAGAN
AS A RADIO
ANNOUNCER IN
IOWA, CIRCA
1935.

3. G E O R G E W . B U S H ( 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 9 )
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.

4. R O N A L D R E A G A N ( 1 9 8 1 - 1 9 8 9 )
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.

5. D W I G H T D . E I S E N H O W E R ( 1 9 5 3 -
1 9 6 1 )
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).

6. F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N , V I S I T
D A N C E N T I N E L L O . N E T !
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