|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You are here -> HOME - RETROVILLE - 1953 |
- In The News - Dwight David Eisenhower |
|
|
|



|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to Retroville! It's 1953!
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Born:
- Denison, Texas
- October 14, 1890
Died:
- March 28, 1969
- Washington DC
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Family:
- 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);
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|