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BYU 1984 Magazine

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at age 100. The Deseret News Editorial Board writes:

Some say that former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, underwent a transition, of sorts, after leaving the White House in 1981. He went from being an unpopular president, with a 31% approval rating in November of 1980, to a popular former president who was given a 66% approval rating in an ABC poll in 1999.

Much of this, of course, was due to his humanitarian work, both through the Carter Center and for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. Carter could often be seen laboring with his hands on service projects, uninterested in cashing in on his fame.

But those who knew him best said there was no difference between Carter, the president, and Carter, the lovable humanitarian former president. The only difference was the setting. Carter, one of the most outwardly religious presidents of the modern era, had a habit of putting principles over politics. That didn’t always play well in a political realm, but it garnered respect when that realm was left behind.

Read more about the words Carter shared in the Tabernacle at Temple Square in 1978. For more on his legacy and death, read this article from Kelsey Dallas.

His ‘friendly, disarming nature’ has served him well for 32 years

Jeff Allred was supposed to be a dentist. Until he walked into a darkroom.

In his sophomore year at Utah State University, Jeff took a black-and-white photography class. He says it “changed everything” and “opened up the world” to him, and here at the Deseret News, we’re grateful it did.

After a 40-year career as a photojournalist, the last 32 here at the Deseret News, Jeff is retiring.

“Thousands, if not millions, of Jeff’s images lodged in the DNews archives attest to his longevity,” Lee Benson writes. “That includes more than his fair share of prize winners, highlighted by the photo he shot in 2008 of a 3-year-old girl’s tears as her soldier father deployed to Iraq. The Associated Press Managing Editors named it that year’s national AP Photo of the Year.”

Read more about Jeff’s career and see his top photographs.

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