Ronald Reagan's Life And Accomplishments

Ronald Reagan was invested and involved in service for a large part of his life.

Reagan participated in service in a variety of ways throughout his life. Specifically, in his early career, age thirty-two to fifty-two, Reagan practiced service through military involvement, public speaking, and involvement in organizations. Reagan took his first step to become involved in military service when he was twenty six years old. He did this on April 29, 1937 when he enlisted in the US Army Reserves. Reagan started as a “a private assigned to Troop B, 322nd Cavalry at Des Moines, Iowa .” Reagan was soon after promoted to “Second Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Cavalry on May 25, 1937” and later on “June 18 was assigned to the 323rd

Reagan devoted more time to volunteer activities once his career in military and army filmmaking came to an end. Reagan became a part of Screen Actors Guild. In October of 1946, Reagan was a spokesman for the Screen Actors Guild’s labor negotiators at a membership meeting (Morrell 2014). It is said that Reagan “dazzled the crowd with his understanding and clear explanations of the issues involved in the complicated labor negotiations (Morrell 2014).” He went on to be elected as the president of Screen Actors Guild. Reagan led Screen Actors Guild from March of 1947 until November of 1952. As the leader of Screen Actors Guild Reagan competed “with voices within the industry; he balanced the interests of corporations with those of individual contributor; and he visited the White House to talk to President Truman about the economic impact of making movies in other countries (Morrell 2014).” Also while he was President of Screen Actors Guild, he “shepherded the industry through cataclysmic changes (Morrell 2014)” Reagan spoke up for the “fair share of bounty in residual payments from the flourishing new television industry (Morrell 2014).” Reagan also served as a spokesman and an ambassador of goodwill for MPIC in the 1950’s (Brownell 2012). MPIC stands for Motion Picture Industry Council. Through MPIC, Reagan spoke about labor and racial issues, and foreign and constitutional questions. Reagan “defended Hollywood, combated communism at home and abroad, and helped create and carry out a loyalty program (“Ronald Reagan in Hollywood”).” Reagan was known as one of the industry’s most effective spokesmen. Reagan’s involvement in MPIC “opened new doors for the entertainment industry to negotiate opportunities for economic and political advancement—which ultimately benefited the Republican party electorally and philosophically—in exchange for its ideological support, on and, most