1. Dwight D.
Eisenhower
1953-1961

2. Eisenhower Bio
• Born in Denison, TX
• Moved to Abilene, KS at the
age of 3.
• Enrolled at West Point
• Officer Training (1st)
• Supreme Commander of D-
Day Invasion (1944)
• Supreme Commander of
NATO (1949)
• President of Columbia
University (1948-1953)

3. Eisenhower Bio (cont.)
• Health Issues?
• Used to smoke 4 packs/day
• Crohn’s Disease-1956
• Stroke-1957
• Excellent athlete, once tackled
Jim Thorpe
• Moved 35 times in 35 years!
• Spent a lot of time on the golf
course!
• Almost ran for President in 1948
for the Democrats

4. White House Putting Green

5. The Eisenhower Tree-17 th
Hole

6. Ike before the Normandy
Invasion

7. Election of 1952/1956
• Ran against Adlai Stevenson (D,
Illinois)
• The General vs. the Egghead
• Ran on the campaign, “Korea,
Communism, & Corruption”
• Promised that if elected he would go
to Korea
• Nominated Richard Nixon as VP

8. Election of 1952

9. Election of 1956

10. Election of 1956