October 11, 2002 - Carter Wins Nobel Peace PrizePresident Jimmy Carter receives the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development," the Norwegian Nobel Committee declares. Carter was the nation's 39th president, serving from 1977 to 1981, and founded the Carter Center global health and human rights organization in 1982.