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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower:

• Denison, Texas
• October 14, 1890

Died:

• March 28, 1969
• Washington DC

• Married Mamie Geneva Doud on July 1, 1916 in Denver, Colorado
• Son Doud Dwight died in infancy
• Son John Sheldon Doud

Major Events:

• Graduated from Abilene High School in 1909
• Received appointment to West Point in 1910
• Graduated from West Point as a second lieutenant in 1915
• Served in the Phillipines with Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1935-1939)
• Appointed to the War Department's General Staff by General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff (1940)
• Placed in command of North African invasion force (1942)
• Appointed Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in charge of Operation Overlord (1944)
• Served as Army Chief of Staff (1945-1948)
• Appointed President of Columbia University (1949-1950)
• Recalled to active duty as the leader of NATO forces in Europe (1950-1952)
• Beat Senator Taft for the presidential nomination in 1952
• Defeated Adlai Stevenson at the polls to win the presidency in 1952
• Sworn in as the 34th President in 1953
• Defeated Adlai Stevenson a second time to remain in office for a second term in 1956
• In his farewell address as President, Eisenhower warned against the influence of the growing ?military-industrial complex.?
• In 1962 the Eisenhower presidential library was dedicated at Abilene, Kans.
  

Writings:

• Mandate for Change (his memoirs)(1963)
• Waging Peace (1965);