[1] Reagan's father, Jack, was a lapsed Catholic. Ronald's brother Neil was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church but Ronald was baptized into the Disciples of Christ. His mother, Nell, was baptized into the Disciples on 27 March 1910, less than one year before Ronald's birth. At age 19, Ronald left the Disciples, claiming the Catholicism of his father. However, even if he said this, Ronald was never baptized Catholic and did not join any Catholic denomination, so it is most probably an act of rebellion rather than belief. All that can be said for certain was that Reagan was a Christian. See Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (2005), pages 14-16. Also see Nicholas Wapshott, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (2007): "Although my father's attendance at mass was sporadic, my mother seldom missed Sunday services at the Disciples of Christ church in Dixon. From my mother, I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true."
Father: John Edward Reagan ("Jack")
Mother: Nelle Clyde Wilson
Brother: John Neil Reagan ("Neil")
Wife: Jane Wyman (actress, m. 26-Jan-1940, div. 6-Jun-1948, one son, one daughter)
Son: Michael Reagan (adopted Mar-1945)
Daughter: Maureen Reagan (b. 4-Jan-1941, d. 2001)
Girlfriend: Jacqueline Park
Slept with: Selene Walters (she claims he raped her in 1952)
Wife: Nancy Reagan (actress, m. 4-Mar-1952, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Patti Davis (b. 22-Oct-1952)
Son: Ron Reagan (b. 28-May-1958)
High School: Northside High School, Dixon, IL (1928)
University: BA Sociology and Economics, Eureka College (1932)
US President (1981-89)
Governor of California (1966-74)
Lost Child Custody
Assassination Attempt 30-Mar-1981, by John Hinckley
Shot 30-Mar-1981
Hip Replacement Surgery Jan-2001
Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
Endorsement of General Electric Spokesman, host of General Electric Theater (1954-62)
Endorsement of Disneyland (1955)
Alfalfa Club 1971
Bohemian Grove
Committee on the Present Danger 1979
E Clampus Vitus
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Jonathan Club Honorary Member
National Press Club
Rancheros Vistadores
Screen Actors Guild President (1947-52 and 1959-60)
United World Federalists
Young Americans for Freedom National Advisory Board (1962), Honorary Chairman
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity 1920
Alfalfa Party candidate for US President
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Congressional Gold Medal
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6374 Hollywood Blvd
International Security Leadership Award 1983
Silver Buffalo 1982
Time Man of the Year 1980
Time Man of the Year 1983
National Cowboy Hall of Fame 1989
Kentucky Colonel
Order of the White Eagle 2007:(posthumously)
Iran-Contra Scandal
Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
Lain in state at the Capitol Rotunda
Secret Service Codename Rawhide
Irish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Alzheimer's, Colon Cancer, Skin Cancer, Former Smoker, Arthritis, Aviophobia
TELEVISION
Death Valley Days Bear River Smith (1964-66)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Killers (7-Jul-1964)
The Young Doctors (23-Aug-1961) Narrator [VOICE]
Hellcats of the Navy (May-1957)
Cattle Queen of Montana (Nov-1954)
Law and Order (May-1953)
She's Working Her Way Through College (9-Jul-1952)
The Winning Team (20-Jun-1952)
Bedtime for Bonzo (5-Apr-1951)
Storm Warning (3-Mar-1951)
The Hasty Heart (2-Dec-1949)
The Girl from Jones Beach (16-Jul-1949)
Night Unto Night (10-Jun-1949)
John Loves Mary (4-Feb-1949)
The Voice of the Turtle (25-Dec-1947)
That Hagen Girl (24-Oct-1947)
Stallion Road (4-Apr-1947)
This Is the Army (29-Jul-1943)
Desperate Journey (26-Sep-1942)
Kings Row (18-Apr-1942)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (20-Sep-1941)
International Squadron (13-Aug-1941)
Santa Fe Trail (13-Dec-1940)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (18-Oct-1940)
Knute Rockne All American (4-Oct-1940)
The Angels Wash Their Faces (26-Aug-1939)
Hell's Kitchen (3-Jul-1939)
Dark Victory (20-Apr-1939)
Brother Rat (29-Oct-1938)
Boy Meets Girl (27-Aug-1938)
Sergeant Murphy (18-Nov-1937)
Rotten Library Page:
Ronald Reagan
Appears on the cover of:
People, 15-Dec-2003, DETAILS: (with Nancy Regan) The Reagans -- Their Life Now
Time, 29-Sep-2003, DETAILS: The Reagan Letters -- His writings on love, marriage, politics -- and how he beat the Soviets
Author of books:
Where's the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story (1965, memoir, with Richard G. Hubler)
Sincerely, Ronald Reagan (1980, memoir, edited by Helene von Damm)
Rendezvous with Destiny (1981, memoir)
A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan (1983, speeches, edited by Alfred Baltizar)
Ronald Reagan: In God I Trust (1984)
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1984, nonfiction)
Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches with Personal Reflections (1989, speeches)
An American Life: The Autobiography (1990, memoir)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #4078 (39 cents, issued 14-Jun-2006)
AKA Ronald Wilson Reagan
