Reggie Love
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| Love at the Barack Obama-Joe Biden Vice Presidential announcement on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Illinois | |
| Personal Aide to the President | |
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| Assumed office January 20, 2009 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jared Weinstein |
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| Born | June 21, 1981 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
Reginald L. Love (born June 21, 1981) served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man, to United States President Barack Obama.[1][2][3][4] Love left this position at the end of 2011, to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.[5]
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[edit] Biography
He attended high school at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated with a degree in political science and public policy from Duke University. He was a forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, played on the 2001 team that won the NCAA national championship, and was a captain of the 2005 team.[6] He also played wide receiver for the Duke football team on a football scholarship,.[7] While his high school team won two state titles, his college team lost the first 22 games of his career. He tried out unsuccessfully with several National Football League teams during the two years after he graduated from college.[2][3]
[edit] Career with Barack Obama
Love applied for an internship on Capitol Hill in 2006. He was interviewed by Robert Gibbs, Obama’s communications director, for a position in Obama's Senate office.[2] He was hired with the title "deputy political director," choosing that job over a far more lucrative position with Goldman Sachs.[4] He became Obama's personal assistant in 2007, during the 2008 presidential race.
Love and Obama played basketball every day there was a primary during the 2008 presidential election,[2] and they played regularly in the ensuing years. The President prefers to be on the winning side during his regular pick-up games, and so it was generally understood that Love—as a contributor to one of Duke's national championship basketball teams—would be on the President's side.[8]
Love was featured in the ESPN documentary show E:60 for his role in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. ABC News named him "Person of the Week" on January 23, 2009.[9] As Obama's aide, his job was to anticipate any and all of Obama's needs.[2][4][10] In reference to the myriad support duties Love performs, President Obama has referred to Love as his "iReggie", a play on Apple's iPad (“I have an iReggie, who has my books, my newspapers, my music all in one place.”).[11]
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Reggie Love and Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman travel in a limousine in a presidential motorcade outside of Strasbourg for the NATO summit, April 2009
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President Barack Obama and Reggie Love playing basketball
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Reggie Love follows behind president Obama and his entourage on a walk through the Kremlin in July 2009
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Reggie Love at a campaign rally for then-candidate Obama in Springfield, Illinois on August 23, 2008
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[edit] References
- ^ Reggie Love at Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill News and Observer
- ^ a b c d e On the Court and on the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama, New York Times, May 27, 2008.
- ^ a b Going from one tough job to another: Love working for Obama, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 12, 2008
- ^ a b c The man behind the man: Obama and the aide who makes his campaign tick, The Guardian, October 29, 2008
- ^ New York Times (2011). Obama 'Body Man' Reggie Love Leaving White House. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ Reggie Love career statistics on official Duke site
- ^ http://dukechronicle.com/article/two-sport-athlete-charged-dwi
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- ^ ABC News Person of the Week: Reggie Love
- ^ Guardian.co.uk
- ^ Education of a President, New York Times Magazine, October 12, 2010
[edit] External links
- Reggie Love at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post
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