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RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS AWARDED - Fall 2011

Travel Grant Recipient Ms.Tingting Li of the University of Chicago

• Albertine Bloemendal; Leiden University, The Netherlands
  Between Dinner Table and Formal Diplomacy: Ernst Van Der Beugel, Non-State Actor and Informal Elite-Networks in Pursuit of an Atlantic Community

• Jonathan Cook; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  "If You Believe in the Cause of Freedom…" Henry M. Jackson and US-Soviet Relations, 1953-1983

• Kenya Davis-Hayes; California Baptist University, Riverside, California
  Frocks and Fryers on the Global Stage: Constructing the American Feminine Image at the 1958 Brussels World Fair

• Simone Diender; Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
  The Private Citizen: Expert Power and the Obligations of Work, Prayer and Parenthood, 1923-1970

• Robert Jordan; Retired Scholar
  The Eisenhower Administration's Secret Warfare: The White House-CIA Relationship

• Samantha Iyer; University of California, Berkeley
  The International Politics of Food: Egypt, India and U.S. Aid

• Gabrielle Kemmis; University of Sydney, Australia
  In Pursuit of Hearts and Minds: Experts, the Psychological Strategy Board and the Beginning of the Cold War

• Tingting Li; University of Chicago
  Vested Enterprises and the Economic Reconstruction of South Korea, 1945-1960

• Thomas Maguire; University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  British and American Covert Action, Psychological Warfare and the Battle of Ideas in Early Cold War Southeast Asia

• Cadra McDaniel; Mississippi State University
  Dancing Diplomacy: The Conflict within the Kremlin and the Bolshoi Ballet's 1959 American Tour

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EISENHOWER FOUNDATION NAMES DAN SHARP AS CEO

     It was announced today by The Eisenhower Foundation co-chairs, Anne and David Eisenhower, that their board had named Dan Sharp as its CEO, effective immediately.

     The Eisenhower Foundation was created in 1945 to focus on the relevance today of the life and legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower, emphasizing his leadership style and accomplishments. The Foundation will continue the interests of President Eisenhower in program areas that are of vital importance to our nation and the world, and that are a model for current and future leaders. This Foundation mission is being accomplished through its support of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, and its expansion of programs throughout the United States, and eventually abroad. Dan has been charged with a two-year goal of rebooting the Foundation from primarily a Kansas-based institution towards one of truly national scope, while expanding and strengthening its strong Kansas presence.

     The Foundation also announced its 5-year goal of developing a presence and interactive links with prominent Kansas, national and educational institutions throughout the United States and abroad, so that citizens and scholars can access the unusually rich documentation of the transformative period of Eisenhower's presidency in ways comparable to being present at the Library and Museum.

     Sharp has played key roles for a variety of global and national non-profits, corporations, and government. He served for 15 years as CEO/President of The American Assembly, which was created by President Eisenhower as part of Columbia University while he was its president. At The Assembly, Dan designed and lead dozens of domestic and foreign policy projects that produced consensus and action plans to deal with many of America's and the world's most difficult issues. He designed and directed global conferences where he adapted the Eisenhower consensus model to help world leaders not only find consensus on controversial issues, but also launch projects to achieve that consensus. For example, he worked with King Juan Carlos of Spain and Mikhail Gorbachev in designing and directing the founding conference of the Club of Madrid, which now has more than 75 former democratically elected presidents and prime ministers as its members. Dan played a similar leadership role for the Rule of Law Forum of the World Justice Project, in which 500 world leaders from more than 100 countries have designed and completed more than 100 projects around the world.

     Dan was the founding CEO/President of the Royal Institution World Science Assembly (RiSci), the global affiliate of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 14 of whose resident scientists won Nobel Prizes. Under Dan's leadership, RiSci helped lead global recognition of the threat of infectious disease pandemics and identified action plans that helped increase global readiness.

     In government service Dan was Deputy Attorney-General of California; while serving with the US delegation to the UN, he negotiated the first treaties to start the US Peace Corps, which he then served as an overseas director and later on its senior staff. In the private sector, Dan held key international roles with Xerox, BP, and Unisys for which he created and directed business resilience processes. In Academia, he had positions at the University of Chicago, Columbia, and was a visiting lecturer at many other major universities and business schools in the US and abroad, and was on the faculty of the Aspen Institute. Dan has a B.A. from the University of California and a JD from Harvard Law School.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial Approved

The Eisenhower Memorial received final approval for a site on September 21, 2006. Now that we know where the memorial will be located, we need to figure out what the memorial will be.

Dwight D. Eisenhower influenced the lives of millions of people and his legacy influences the world today. If you have ever driven on the interstate, talked on a cellular phone, traveled to Europe, Hawaii, or Alaska, then you have been directly influenced by Eisenhower. All aspects of Dwight D. Eisenhower's life, accomplishments, character, and views could never be detailed in a single memorial.

We need you to help us decide what is most important and most special about Eisenhower.

So, tell us what you think by filling out the eight-part survey to help us figure out what should be included in a national, permanent memorial to Ike. There is no right or wrong here — just tell us what is important or meaningful to you.

Continue to the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial Survey

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CURRICULUM UNIT: WORLD WAR II SPY KIT - THE GREAT NAZI INTELLIGENCE COUP

     The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and The Eisenhower Foundation invite teachers and students to download materials from World War II Spy Kit: The Great Nazi Intelligence Coup. This engaging simulation/project is designed to introduce students to primary source material by having them participate in an exercise in historical "what might have been". Students will engage in critical thinking and document analysis and through the process, will learn more about Operation OVERLORD and World War II in general. Click here to go directly to the unit or find it under Curriculum Units in the Education section.

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KOREAN WAR PRIMARY SOURCES

     Korean War primary sources are now posted in the Education Section of the website! They include 30+ photos and approximately 70 documents. Click the Primary Sources button in the Education section.

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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY RESOURCES AVAILABLE

The The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library has been a proud supporter of National History Day since its inception in Kansas in 1983. The manuscript collections and audiovisual archives at the Library contain many documents and photographs that would be very useful to students working on historical papers, exhibit projects, media or dramatic performances. Documents and photographs are included for the following topics:

U-2 Spy Plane Incident
International Geophysical Year
Sputnik and the Space Race
Salk Polio Vaccine
U.S.S. NAUTILUS
World War II: D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy
1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy
Interstate Highway System
Saint Lawrence Seaway

Click here for Resources at the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
for Class Assignments and National History Day Projects

Click here for more information on National History Day.

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