The 2011 annual Harry Middleton Lectureship, Sponsored by the LBJ Foundation presents: Former President Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter spoke with LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove. Major topics of the evening included analysis of current events in the Middle East and Jimmy Carter's pre- and post- presidency career. Part IV of the discussion focuses on the Carter Center and the years immediately following Jimmy Carter's presidency. Jimmy Carter talks about the Carter Center's work in alleviating the affects of Guinea Worm and River Blindness. Guinea worm cases have existed in Sub-Sahara Africa, Pakistan, Yemen, and India. Merck & Co. provided medicine for the treatment of River Blindness, an arrangement Jimmy Carter secured through working with Roy Vagelos. Jimmy Carter talks about his experience as a professor at Emory University and recounts the story behind the "Jimmy Carter killer rabbit incident". He states that Harry Truman is his favorite president and refers to his time in the Navy.

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