Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was born August 19, 1946. He attented St.John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and the Hot Springs High School. With the aid of scholarships, Clinton attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, recieving a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Science degree in 1968. Upon graduation he won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politcs and Economics, though as a result of switching programs and leaving early for Yale, he did not obtain a degree there.


Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the cold war, and is known as the first baby boomer president. Clinton was described as a New Democratic adn was largely known for the Third Way Philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president. His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and Welfare reform, have been described as centrist. Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balance budget and a federal surplus. He helped Arkansas transform its econmony and significantly improve the state's educational system. He became a leading figure among the New Democrats. He served as chair of the National Govenors Association from 1986-1987, bringing him to an audience beyond Arkansas.