Seventy-five years ago, in the fall of 1947, Dwight Eisenhower was preparing for a career change. After 36 years of service in the United States Army, he was headed for the unfamiliar halls of Academe and the presidency of Columbia University. Ike’s dream had been of a peaceful, quasi-bucolic retirement, possibly... read full story
"no college of the type I had in mind offered me a position"