Chick-fil-A board chairman Dan Cathy reflects on Jimmy Carter’s ‘profound’ legacy

President Jimmy Carter has touched the lives of millions of people — including mine. In fact, I’ve had the great honor of knowing him for many years.  

My late father, S. Truett Cathy, who founded Chick-fil-A, was a contemporary of President Carter with similarly humble Georgia roots. In the early 1970s, when the future president was Georgia’s governor, my dad would see him from time to time, often sharing chicken sandwiches. 

When President Carter returned to Georgia after leaving the White House,...