Reagan centennial

Win One For the Gipper: $8M Reagan Scholarship Fund Launches

If you’re planning on college and feel that you might share some of President Ronald Reagan’s vision and values, you just might want to “friend” a new Reagan Facebook page.
As part of the celebration of the late president’s 100th birthday on February 6, GE announced the launch today of the [...]

The GE Roots of Reagan’s ‘Time for Choosing’ Speech of ’64

On the 46th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s historic 1964 speech, “A Time for Choosing,” see a new mini-documentary that shows how Reagan’s eight years visiting GE’s plants as the company’s traveling spokesman had a profound impact on his outlook, culminating in the speech that catapulted him to the national political [...]

Reagan’s Cloris Leachman Kiss Sizzles at Salute to GE Theater

It wasn’t your typical tribute to Ronald Reagan and his long-running work with GE Theater last night at New York City’s Paley Center for Media. Actor Cliff Robertson, a veteran of the hit TV show, turned heads with his new ponytail. Actress Piper Laurie, also a GE Theater star, quipped [...]

Found! GE Theater’s lost Borgnine & Zsa Zsa Gabor hit

Long before he ran for office, Ronald Reagan served as the host of the weekly TV series, General Electric Theater. As part of GE’s sponsorship of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration — which is a two-year-long commemoration of President Reagan’s 100th birthday on February 6, 2011 — GE donated 208 [...]

Reagan at GE: When the J79 jet engine ruled the roost

As part of GE’s sponsorship of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration — which is a two-year-long commemoration of President Reagan’s 100th birthday on February 6, 2011 — we’ll be taking an ongoing look at Reagan’s eight years at GE through the lens of the employees he met and the technologies [...]

Reagan & GE: Holography caps a ‘Progress Report’

As part of GE’s sponsorship of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration — which is a two-year-long commemoration of President Reagan’s 100th birthday on February 6, 2011 — we’ll be taking an ongoing look at Reagan’s GE years through the lens of the employees he met and the technologies they made.

In [...]

Leaps in the lab: From Reagan’s TV to digital x-rays

As part of GE’s sponsorship of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration — which is a two-year-long commemoration of President Reagan’s 100th birthday on February 6, 2011 — we’ll be taking an ongoing look at Reagan’s GE years through the lens of the employees he met and the technologies they made.

In [...]