Apple dedicated its homepage Monday to the memory of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100 years old. Carter lived longer than any other U.S. president and seemed to do more than most former heads of state after his term in office.
“Today, we honor President Carter’s lifetime of service and his commitment to leaving the world better than he found it. May he rest in peace,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a post on X. Both the X post and the Apple website showed the same image of Carter in work clothes with a tool belt on a construction site. The Plains, Georgia, native worked for many years building homes for the homeless through nonprofit group Habitat for Humanity.
Apple homepage honors former President Jimmy Carter, dead at 100
Apple’s tradition of honoring deceased leaders and visionaries goes at least as far back as its homepage tribute to The Beatles’ George Harrison after his untimely death in 2001. The company paid similar tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after his death in 2011 (and reprised the Jobs tribute multiple times.) Over the years, Apple’s tasteful homepage takeovers have paid homage to Martin Luther King Jr., Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela and others.
Apple honors Jimmy Carter for his lifetime of service
With Monday’s homepage, Apple honors Carter, a soft-spoken man who ran his company’s peanut-farming business before entering politics. Carter’s single term in office lasted from 1977 to 1981 — Apple’s early heyday. The Democrat, who served between Republican Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, became well-known as a crusader for civil rights.
Still, despite gains in energy policy and arms talks early in Carter’s term, his final months in office were marked by the Iran hostage crisis, an energy crisis and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.
Before his presidency, Carter served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy and later as a Georgia state senator and governor. But Carter’s time after serving as president is seen as more of a lasting legacy, thanks to his work on human rights and diplomacy through the Carter Center. In 2002, he won a Nobel Peace Prize.
The charitable work he did with his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, drew much praise and admiration worldwide. It’s no wonder Apple chose a photo of Carter dressed for labor on a construction site. He became well-known for his hands-on work with Habitat for Humanity.
Today, we honor President Carter’s lifetime of service and his commitment to leaving the world better than he found it. May he rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/cXl99kT7lr
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) December 29, 2024
