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Milton Eisenhower Autographed Card - Noted Politician - Deceased
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This 3” x 5” card has been inscribed and signed/autographed by Milton Eisenhower. The item is in great condition.Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899 – 1985) was an American academic administrator. He served as president of three major American universities:
Kansas State University
,
Pennsylvania State University
, and
Johns Hopkins University
. He was the younger brother of
U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
.
He served as a presidential adviser in the administrations of his brother
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961),
John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963) and
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969). In 1968, he was appointed chairman of the
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
by President Johnson.
Following the
Bay of Pigs
in 1961, President Kennedy asked Eisenhower,
Eleanor Roosevelt
, and labor leader
Walter Reuther
to negotiate the release of captured Americans with Cuban leader
Fidel Castro
.
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
.