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Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 – May 2, 1985) served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
[edit] Biography
Born in Abilene, Kansas, he graduated from Kansas State University in 1923 with a BS in industrial journalism. Eisenhower served as Director of Information for the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1928 to 1941. He was director of the War Relocation Authority, the U.S. civilian agency responsible for the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, in 1942 and associate director of the Office of War Information, from 1942 to 1943.
Robert W. Welch, Jr., founder of the John Birch Society, in the 1960s, accused Eisenhower of being a secret member (and leader of) the US Communist party and of giving communist orders to US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, his older brother.[2] The attacks were generally considered to be part a ludicrous conspiracy theory on Welch's part.
In 1980, Eisenhower appeared on the ballot in Texas as the running mate of Congressman John B. Anderson, Independent candidate for President of the United States.
On October 12, 1927 he married Helen Elsie Eakin (1904 - 1954), with whom he had a son, Milton Stover Eisenhower, Jr. (born December 11, 1930) and a daughter, Ruth Eakin Eisenhower (born July 21, 1938; died January 2, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland).
[edit] Legacy
- The Milton S. Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University, opened in 1964 and containing 2.5 million volumes, is named after him. It has the unusual feature of being almost entirely underground.
- The Milton S. Eisenhower Auditorium, a 2,595 seat center for the performing arts on the University Park campus of Penn State, opened in 1974. Eisenhower Chapel, on the same campus, is named for his wife, Helen Eakin Eisenhower.
- Eisenhower Hall, opened in 1951 on the Kansas State campus, is also named in his honor. It is home to the College of Arts and Sciences dean's office and the departments of History and Modern Languages.
[edit] References
- ^ University Archives: K.S.U. Presidents and First Ladies. Retrieved on 2006-08-07.
- ^ Welch, Robert - The Politician, unpublished version, Page 210 (see also John Birch Society article)
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