Dwight D. Eisenhower
October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. In his military career he commanded the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day landings in Normandy, and attained the five-star rank of General of the Army. He graduated from West Point in 1915.
Biography
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American army general and the 34th president of the United States, from 1953 to 1961. In the Second World War he commanded the Allied landings in North Africa and Italy and then, as Supreme Allied Commander, the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and the campaign in western Europe.
After the war he was army chief of staff, president of Columbia University and the first Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
As president he ended the Korean War, relied on nuclear deterrence in the Cold War, built the Interstate Highway System and sent troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock. In his farewell address he warned against the influence of the military-industrial complex.
Offices held
George C. Marshall Succeeded by
Omar Bradley
Harry S. Truman Succeeded by
John F. Kennedy
Military service
- Jan 1, 1915 – Jan 1, 1953 United States Army
Affiliations
Education
- Jun 14, 1911 – Jun 12, 1915 United States Military Academy
- Jan 1, 1925 – Jan 1, 1926 United States Army Command and General Staff College
- United States Army War College
