The Legacy Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy - 1839 Words

â€Å"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future† (Matuz 574). John Fitzgerald Kennedy believed that change is inevitable. It was going to happen not matter what and will affect and alter life, but if one dwells on the past they will miss out on all of the good things change will bring you in the future. Which represents JFK’s presidency, he always focused on the conflict in front of him and did what he could to improve the nation. As one of the youngest, energetic presidents he represented his years as president, full of social reform, and improving foreign relations. After his assassination, Americans summed up his presidency as â€Å"dependable† with the way he handled the Cuban†¦show more content†¦Roosevelt. Joseph Kenney then became appointed ambassador of Great Britain where JFK joined him in 1937 and 1939. He became familiar with British diplomats leaders such as Winston Churchill. Af ter World War II, he returned back to Harvard where he finished his famous thesis. Which was about the Munich Pact during WWII, which was published as a book, Why England Slept. He entered the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1940; He traveled in South America a volunteered in the army. He was rejected because his back injury but later accepted by the Navy. Kennedy entered the U.S. Senate in 1952 where he started campaigning against Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and beat him in a close race. He married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in 1953, which were a photographer and a journalist from a wealthy family. The following year he went through a tough surgery for is back which failed causing him to go through another, which finally reduced his back pain. During his recovery period, he wrote, Profiles in Courage, which were a collection of essays on eight U.S. Senators. When it became published he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957. With great accomplishments came hards hips. The Kennedys suffered two miscarriages but finally had Caroline in 1957 and a son three years later. Years later his national reputation grew when he made a nominating speech for former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson at the 1956 Democratic convention. Stevenson then