Former President Carter was granted tenure at Emory University in Atlanta on Monday.

Carter, 94, who has taught at Emory for 37 years, was given tenured faculty appointment in four schools: the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, Candler School of Theology and Rollins School of Public Health.

The appointment in those four schools "reflects the breadth of the president’s work and his impact on numerous fields," the university said in a press release.

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“Across nearly four decades, he has given Emory the full measure of what it means to be a public intellectual and an engaged faculty member,” the university’s president, Claire Sterk, said of Carter in a statement. “He has viewed teaching as a revered calling — the same humble approach he has brought to every undertaking, large and small, across a lifetime.”

Carter accepted a professorship at the university in 1982, two years after leaving the White House.

The former president typically lectures once a month in various classes, such as religion, public health and law.

“Having President Carter as part of the Emory experience has a profound impact on our students,” Dwight McBride, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said in the statement. "As a servant leader, he models inclusivity and empathy inside the classroom and beyond, and inspires our faculty and students to approach their research, teaching, and studies with a tireless sense of purpose.”

In March, Carter became the oldest former president in U.S. history.