...Country” John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty fifth president of the United Sates. He was the youngest ever to be elected and also the youngest to ever die on office. Kennedy changed the way Americans looked at their country and the way the world looked as well. Kennedy was elected on the “New Frontier” in his inaugural address, president Kennedy declared that “A new generation of Americans had taken over leadership of the country. The Unites States White House states that he told Americans “Ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country. From his early life to his career in congress and as president of the United States, John F. Kennedy proved himself to be one of the most influential men in US history. Simkin writes that John F. Kennedy’s family was of Irish decent. During the great potato famine of the 1840’s John F. Kennedy’s Great Grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, immigrated to the United States and settled in Boston Massachusetts. It was here that politics entered into the Kennedy gene pool. Patrick Kennedy’s son, Patrick J. Kennedy was a successful saloon owner and a United States Senator. John F. Kennedy’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, served under President Roosevelt administration as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. He also was first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Joseph P. Kennedy was a very good business man and politician making himself into a self-made millionaire. John F. Kennedy’s mother was of political origins...
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...Contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..……..3 John F. Kennedy – the background and the path to success……………………….......3 Leadership capabilities of John F. Kennedy..…………………………………….……5 1. Leadership strengths……………………………………………….………………5 2. Leadership weaknesses.……………………………………………………………6 3. Emotional intelligence .……………………………………………………………7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………….…7 References ………………………………………………………………………....…..8 1. Introduction This work’s aim is to show leadership capabilities of great man – John F. Kennedy. He was the 35th President of U.S.A., the youngest and very modern. After his tragic death, his legend is still alive and his influence on American life and politics was seen for a long time. This paper will provide analysis of how Kennedy’s leadership style and present how successful leader he was. 2. John F. Kennedy – the background and the path to success John F. Kennedy’s way to Presidency started in 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he was born as the second son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. The Kennedy family was reach, Joseph Kennedy was successful businessman, Rose’s father, John Fitzgerald, was the mayor of Boston.(Ratma, 2002) Both Joseph and Rose expected from their children to achieve a lot, especially from sons. Parents believed that all citizens should serve their country and being politician is the most honorable way of doing that. They pay attention to...
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...JFK and Moral Courage By: Charles Harris John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline Massachusetts on May 29th, 1917. Throughout his life Kennedy exhibited moral courage. Being born into an affluent family and personally blessed with looks, money and charm, Kennedy was an adventurous young man. Being inspired by achievements, Kennedy was driven by success and would not accept failure. Constantly aware of his political heritage, he never lost sight of his personal and family goals in that world. Kennedy strove for a serious life in politics. However, right from his earlier man hood he had enormous compilations of back and health problems. These same medical problems restrained Kennedy throughout his political career. These restraints began with a rejection from the U.S. Army in 1941. Kennedy showed great courage and perseverance and endured months of training to overcome his medical problems, then with his father’s influence in 1942, he was able to gain a posting in the U.S. Navy. He was unsatisfied with his responsibilities; as he was only assigned to a dull desk job with ONI and, he felt it was his duty to serve in combat and not at a safe desk job, which was a prime example of moral courage. Eventually through his continued efforts, he was reassigned and entered combat. Kennedy rose to the rank of Lt. Commander of PT-109, a small craft used for night patrol in World War II. (JFKLIBRARY.org) His first chance in politics came in 1946 when Congressman James Curley...
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...John F. Kennedy came into office as the 35th president of the United States. The citizens of the United States were counting on him to make a difference to the country through his many proposals of reform that were supposed to change the nation for the better. John F Kennedy still to this day is the youngest president to ever sit in the oval office and he truly left his mark on the nation, even though his presidency was cut short by his painful and hard to grasp assassination. Kennedy was a picture perfect man to run the majestic nation with his beautiful, supportive wife and young, intelligent children. The president had a positive audience and network during his term as most of the citizens of the United States supported him and he had a...
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...William Eubank 3/16/2016 Mrs. Knoerr John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the united states, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, assassinated in Dallas Texas on November 22nd 1963, son of Joseph Patrick and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy brother of Robert Francis Kennedy and Edward Moore Kennedy; married: Jacqueline Bouvier. Kennedy tried to enter the army's Officer School in 1940, but was disqualified for his lower back problems. On September 24th 1941 after months of training to strengthen his back and with the help of the director of the Office of Navy Intelligence. on January 1942 Kennedy was sent to the oni field office at Headquarters, 6thNaval District in Charleston South Carolina. He attended the Naval Reserve Officer Training School at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, from July 27th to September 27th and then voluntarily entered the MTBS (Motor torpedo boat squadrons) training center in Rhode Island. On October 10 he was promoted to lieutenant. He completed his training on December 2nd and was assigned to MTBS four. In April 1945 Kennedys father arranged a position for his son as a special correspondent for Hearst newspapers the assignment kept Kennedy's name in the public eye and Lead him to journalism as a possible career. He worked as a correspondent. Because John F. Kennedys eldest brother had been the family's political standard bearer and helped by his father to seek the Presidency. In 1946 United States Representative...
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...John F. Kennedy was born May 29th, 1917 in Brookline, MA. John F. Kennedy went to Harvard university with a science degree from 1936-1940. Before presidency, JFK was a sailor (Navy Lieutenant) Sent to the South Pacific, in August 1943, his boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer. Two of his crew were killed but the other six men managed to cling onto what remained of the boat. After a five hour struggle Kennedy, and what was left of his crew, managed to get to an island five miles from where the original incident took place. When Kennedy got back from World War 2 he ran for Congress in Massachusetts eleventh congressional district, where he won in 1946. It was the beginning of Kennedy’s political career. JFK was becoming a popular politician. In 1956, he was almost picked to run for vice president. Kennedy finally decided he would run for president the next election. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy won election to the House of...
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...John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917, to Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph P. Kennedy (Barbara, H.1992). John was named after his parental grandfather, John Fitzgerald. The Mayor of Boston during 1906-1908. John was the second of four boys born to an Irish Catholic family with children of nine. When John was young, the Kennedy family had moved from Boston to New York. As John’s dad became wealthier. John had moved schools more often, also moving towards richer parts of New York. John had eventually graduated from Choate in 1935 of age 18 (World Book. 2003). After high school John had went to England as his father became the ambassador. His father took sons, John and Robert with him, as well as his wife and daughters, Kathleen and Rosemary Kennedy. After the trip John had enrolled at Princeton University but devolved Jaundice and had left shortly after Christmas. As the New Year started John had entered Harvard University in 1936 where he majored in government and international relations. Four years later John graduated from Harvard University with a science degree. In 1941 Kennedy joined the United States Navy and eventually became an intelligence officer. As the U.S.A entered World War II, Kennedy was transferred to the Motor Torpedo Boat where he was given command of the boat. When Kennedy’s team was sent to the South Pacific in August 1943, His boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer ship. Two of Kennedy’s men were killed...
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...John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963. After military service as commander of Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated vice president and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At age 43, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office,[2][a] the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president.[3] To date, Kennedy has been the only Roman Catholic president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.[4] Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and charged with the crime that night. Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald two days later...
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...Through sickness, threats of communism and multiple deaths in the family, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was not only the image of perfection, he was the shining image everyone wanted him to be and wished he really was. The golden image of President Kennedy had to start somewhere, and before John Kennedy was a twinkle in his father’s eye, and before his father was a twinkle in his father’s eye, the Kennedy legacy was already starting. The legacy started as an image of his great grandfather who emigrated to America in April of 1849, where he and his wife later bought what is now a modern grocery store. Through hard work they acquired profits which were passed on to their son P.J. Kennedy, who, as the only surviving male in the family, received a formal education. At the age of fourteen he left school to work, with the money he earned from both...
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...His character and quick decision making skills most likely came from serving in the navy with his brother (“John F. Kennedy: World War II Naval Hero to President”). Initially kennedy would not be accepted into the navy because of his bad back, however he was related to the U.S ambassador for england at the time, so he helped him get into the navy (“John F. Kennedy: World War II Naval Hero to President”). His heroic actions in the navy gave him the highest medal of honor, and for his wounds sustained by battle he was awarded the purple heart (“John F. Kennedy receives medals”). His medals and war experience definitely helped him win over voters in the...
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...Members of the University of Alabama community should stop to view the sterling silver Tiffany & Company lantern now permanently displayed on the second floor of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. The lantern is the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, presented in 1990 to Former U.S. Congressman Carl Atwood Elliott, Sr. (1913-1999), an Alabama native and the award’s first recipient. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presents the Profile in Courage Award each year to a public official that demonstrates political courage in leadership. Because of Congressman Elliott’s passion for education and reading, his family graciously entrusted his award to UA Libraries so that it may inspire students at his alma mater. The Profile in Courage Award is a great honor with a carefully selected name and design. The award is named after Profiles of Courage, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by John F. Kennedy in the 1950s. The award’s appearance is based on the lantern aboard the U.S. Navy’s first commissioned ship, the U.S.S. Constitution, a nod to President John F. Kennedy’s naval service. The form of a lantern was also selected because it holds cultural significance as a symbol of light and truth, guiding people through times of darkness. Congressman Elliott certainly served as a beacon of hope for educational equality when the Deep...
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...The Civil Rights Movement was a time of social change in America. Slavery had been abolished but African Americans still lacked rights. With all the injustices a change needed to happen, and for this, many brave people were needed. Brave people who wanted change and were willing to do whatever was necessary to get it, to fight for the belief that all men were created equal and that they should be treated that way. Some of these key figures in the Civil Rights Movement were Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy. Jackie Robinson helped shape and influence the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1940’s, baseball was considered America’s game, and baseball was right at the heart of all Americans. Baseball at this time had an...
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...John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon Sarah 6/29/15 HIWD 375-B01 Paper The Vietnam War was a war of change. It took America into a new frontier. With President John F. Kennedy pushing to end communism, Vietnam looked like the ideal place to accomplish his goals. Even though the war pushed on after his death, President Nixon sought to put an end to the war and bring American troops home. Even though these presidents had very differing opinions of the war, the Vietnam War raged on, changing America politically, culturally, and socially. Before the Vietnam War broke out, Kennedy and Nixon both had military backgrounds. Kennedy was in the United States Navy from 1941-1945. “On August 2, 1943 [during World War 2], as PT 109 was running silent to avoid detection it was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri.” This devastating accident resulted in Kennedy saving his men and then receiving many metals and honors for this heroic act. This occurrence changed Kennedy for life. Nixon as well was in the United States Navy from 1942-1946. Nixon saw no combat during his time in the navy however he was officer in charge of the Combat Air Transport Command at Guadalcanal in the Solomon’s and then at Green Island. Nixon became a Lieutenant Commander which set the stage for his future career as President. These two men had very different experience at war which contributed to the way they viewed war and responded to it. This military history in each of these men’s lives, proved vital...
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...LYNDON B. JOHNSON HIS223: Major Issues in U.S. History INTRODUCTION Lyndon B. Johnson, most commonly known as LBJ, was an American Vice President and President who served in the White House from 1960 – 1969. In 1963, Vice President Johnson was abruptly sworn in as President of the United States after the unexpected assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. President Johnson would go on to serve not only the remainder of this term, but he would be selected by the people of the nation to serve one more term as nominated and elected president. Strongly backed by the Democratic Party, President Johnson soared and dominated domestic politics while he struggled to navigate foreign affairs. Throughout his time as President of the United States, President Johnson gained much praise as a domineering leader; however, he also faced much criticism over his failure to bring a successful end to the Vietnam War. Throughout his years in the White House, President Johnson developed many insurance and education programs (among others) that have greatly affected Americans over the past 40 years. Many of these programs are still in use today and have become a part of the American way of life. His dream of a “Great Society” and “War on Poverty” helped millions of Americans rise above horrendous poverty and racial discrimination of their day. President Johnson was forced to face the up and coming counterculture that occurred...
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...History 112 | John F. Kennedy | A Brief Biography of a Great and Good President | Lam Bui 12/11/2011 | Being the youngest and first catholic president; John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) brought a new perspective into the White House. His upbringing and experiences, from school to World War two, are what contributed to his future decisions made as president. During his administration, he was successful in creating and promoting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which helped encourage Americans to leave racism in the past. Another significant legislative for Kennedy was the Alliance for Progress in whom mission lies in providing aid and creating a better standard of human rights in different regions. Daily choices made by any individual are based on values they’ve accumulated throughout their alive. John F. Kennedy values can be said to have accumulated from his years as a youth in Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut to attendance at Harvard University. Then in World War 2, he demonstrated grit and perseverance as his rescues his fellow shipmate by tugging him back to land with his bare teeth. Born and raised in the wealthy neighborhoods of Brookline, Massachusetts with eight other siblings. His father, Joseph Kennedy was the chairman of United States Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC), and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was a homemaker. Rose family had a lineage of popular politicians such as John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston. His father, Joseph Kennedy came from...
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