State senate proposal would honor Carter as longest living president

They include his founding of the nonprofit The Carter Center — “which resolves conflict, promotes democracy, protects human rights, and fights disease and other afflictions and has spearheaded the international effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease” — and his tenure as an Emory University professor.

Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was recognized “for his work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development,” the resolution says.

“(W)e honor President Jimmy Carter for his leadership at home and worldwide as a reflective, compassionate and humble leader,” it says.

The proposal has more than 50 sponsors in the senate.