But when it comes to historical reputation, the nation's 13th president may also be its unluckiest.
Ethiopia has a long, historical reputation as a place where the weapon dance plays an important cultural role.
Hellmann's focus is instead on the Kennedy "image" and its importance to the man's historical reputation.
It owes its historical reputation for the work performed until the Civil War.
His historical reputation was sullied further by poor decisions on procurements for the force.
The historical reputation of Tschudi has suffered after later research.
It is on these years that the government's historical reputation will surely be based.
However, many people base their career decisions on considerations other than historical reputation, like love of the game and competition.
The altar in the inside has glimmering lights despite the church's historical reputation.
Both these leaders survived with their political and historical reputations largely intact.