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Jim and Lenore McKenzie - Ronald Reagan In Dixon

Jim McKenzie is the son of Ralph 'Mac' McKenzie, the football coach for Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois during the time when Ronald Reagan attended, from around 1929 to 1932. During their later years, Jim and his wife Lenore were both given invitations to attend the president's first inauguration in January, 1981. In 1981 they also attended a private luncheon in the White House.