From the ASME (Mechanical Engineering???):

"Carter began his career as a nuclear engineer after receiving a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and undertaking graduate work in nuclear physics at Union College. He served as a submariner and worked on the Navy's nuclear submarine program." To account for his recent activities, we can only presume that he received a bit too much radiation through his brain in those early days. At 11:42 PM 12/12/02 -0800, Thane Plambeck wrote:

I remember Jimmy Carter frequently being described as a "nuclear engineer," but that was when it was popular to think that Ford was a bumbler.