Background
Neil Reagan was born in Tampico in 1908. He was baptized as a Roman Catholic, the faith of his father. As an infant, he attended his mother"s church, but later became affiliated with his father"s religion.
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Neil Reagan was born in Tampico in 1908. He was baptized as a Roman Catholic, the faith of his father. As an infant, he attended his mother"s church, but later became affiliated with his father"s religion.
In 1933, Neil graduated from Eureka College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
He was the older brother of Ronald Reagan. Neil was described as a boisterous and gregarious personality in his youth. From the 1930s through the 1950s, Neil Reagan directed the radio series Doctor Christian, starring Jean Hersholt.
In between he launched a brief Hollywood career as a supporting actor in films such as Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) and
Neil Reagan directed Ronald Reagan in the television series Death Valley Days. He served as president of both the Hollywood and Los Angeles advertising clubs, and also served on numerous community and professional boards including: the Crippled Children"s Society of Los Angeles, the Kennedy Child Study Center in Santa Monica, and the Natural History Museum of Los Los Angeles
He was an alternate delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention from California, and a delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention. Neil Reagan served two terms as trustee of Eureka College before his death in December 1996.
Reagan died on December 11, 1996 in San Diego, California.
The Reagan Physical Education Center on the Eureka College campus was dedicated in 1970 in honor of both Ronald and Neil Reagan. Twelve years later, Ronald Reagan would return to the Reagan Center to make one of his most important foreign policy speeches of his first term known as the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks speech, or Eureka speech. The couple had no children.