Dwight D. Eisenhower

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**Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower** ( October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, and achieved the rare five-star rank of General of the Army.

Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons. He did not belong to any organized church until he entered the presidential race as a Republican in 1952.

## Roswell

*Events during the Roswell period (1947-1952)*

After World War II, Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948), as president of Columbia University (1948–1953) and as the first Supreme Commander of NATO (1951–1952).

In 1948, Eisenhower became President of Columbia University, an Ivy League university in New York City, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Within months of beginning his tenure as the president of the university, Eisenhower was requested to advise U.S. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal on the unification of the armed services. About six months after his appointment, he became the informal Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington. Two months later he fell ill with what was diagnosed as "acute gastroenteritis", and he spent over a month in recovery at the Augusta National Golf Club. He returned to his post in New York in mid-May, and in July 1949 took a two-month vacation out-of-state after Forrestal's apparent suicide on May 22nd.

Eisenhower's stint as the president of Columbia University was punctuated by his activity within the Council on Foreign Relations, a study group he led as president concerning the political and military implications of the Marshall Plan, and The American Assembly.

Eisenhower accepted the presidency of Columbia university to promote "the American form of democracy" through education. He was clear on this point to the trustees involved in the search committee. He informed them that his main purpose was "to promote the basic concepts of education in a democracy".

Even before he was inaugurated, Eisenhower accepted a request from the British government to restore the Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) to power. He therefore authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. This resulted in increased strategic control over Iranian oil by U.S. and British companies.

## MKUltra

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*Events during MKUltra* (1953-XXXX)

President Eisenhower submitted to the Congress on March 12, 1953, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, which called for the dissolution of the Federal Security Agency and elevation of the agency to Cabinet status as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The plan was approved on April 1, 1953, and became effective on April 11, 1953. Nelson Rockefeller was appointed 1st Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
from June 11, 1953 to December 22, 1954.

In 1953, U.S. President Eisenhower considered using nuclear weapons to end the Korean War, and may have threatened China with nuclear attack if an armistice was not reached quickly. China did agree and an armistice resulted which remains in effect.

Eisenhower continued Harry S. Truman's policy of recognizing Taiwan as the legitimate government of China, and he won congressional approval of the Formosa Resolution. He also upgraded the role of the National Security Council in planning all phases of the Template:Cw.

Eisenhower supported regime-change military coups in Iran and Guatemala, which was orchestrated by his own administration.

After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, Eisenhower authorized the establishment of NASA, which led to the Space Race.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight\_D.\_Eisenhower#President\_at\_Columbia\_University\_and\_NATO\_Supreme\_Commander
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight\_D.\_Eisenhower#The\_Middle\_East\_and\_Eisenhower\_doctrine
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight\_D.\_Eisenhower