Two years out of Annapolis ... Carter was the only Annapolis graduate to go on to become President of the United States. READ ...

The USNA saluted their celebrated alum following his death Sunday: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of President Jimmy Carter, ‘47, one of the institution’s most distinguished graduates.

RECOMMENDED: Jimmy Carter's early days at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland The two had been married for 77 years. The White House has ordered flags to be flown at half-mast.

Reuters reported that Jimmy ... Carter was born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, into a farming family. He was a graduate of Southwestern University and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.