Eisenhower Auditorium Schedule

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He was the younger brother of U.S.President Dwight D.Eisenhower, Edgar N.Eisenhower, and Earl D.Eisenhower.Born in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower graduated from Kansas State University in 1923 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial journalism.

It is home to the College of Arts and Sciences dean's office and the departments of History and Modern Languages.

Eisenhower Chapel, on the same campus, is named for his wife, Helen Eakin Eisenhower. Eisenhower Hall, opened in 1951 on the Kansas State campus, is also named in his honor.

After leaving Kansas State University in 1950, Eisenhower served as President at two other universities:Pennsylvania State University (1950-56)Johns Hopkins University (1956-1967, and 1971-72)Eisenhower was President Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University from 1967 to 1971, and in 1972.In 1968, he was appointed Chairman of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence by President Lyndon B.Johnson.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.On October 12, 1927 Eisenhower married Helen Elsie Eakin (1904 - 1954), with whom he had a son, Milton Stover Eisenhower, Jr.(born December 11, 1930; died December 7, 2002 in Alexander City, Alabama.) and a daughter, Ruth Eakin Eisenhower (born July 21, 1938; died January 2, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland).Milton Eisenhower died of cancer in Baltimore, Maryland in May 1985, at the age of 85. The Milton S.Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University, opened in 1964 and containing 2.5 million volumes, is named after him.

Milton Stover Eisenhower, D.H.L.(Hon.) (September 15, 1899 – May 2, 1985) served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University.

In this role, Eisenhower sought to also establish UNESCO commissions for each state.