Eisenhower Institute
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| Founder(s) |
Susan Eisenhower David Eisenhower John Eisenhower Andrew J. Goodpaster Eugene Rossides Henry R. McPhee, Jr. Douglas R. Price |
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| Established | 1983 |
| Mission | "To embody President Dwight David Eisenhower's model of public policy formation and leadership, along with dynamic programs that engage scholars, policy-makers, students, and citizens." |
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Public policy Higher education Research |
| Faculty | Michael Birkner, Senior Fellow |
| Location | Washington, D.C. Gettysburg, PA |
| Coordinates | 38°54′3″N 77°2′19″W / 38.90083°N 77.03861°WCoordinates: 38°54′3″N 77°2′19″W / 38.90083°N 77.03861°W |
| Address | Washington, D.C. Office 818 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, D.C., 20006 Gettysburg Office 157 North Washington Street Gettysburg, PA 17325 |
| Website | eisenhowerintitute.com |
The Eisenhower Institute (EI) is a center for leadership and public policy based in Washington, D.C. and in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1983, the EI serves as a presidential legacy organization honoring the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States. The Eisenhower Institute strives to: "...prepare the successor generations to perfect the promise of the nation through engagement in distinctive programs of leadership and style.."
A program of Gettysburg College, the institute is a non-partisan, non-profit, presidential legacy organization that develops and sponsors civic discourse on significant issues of domestic and international public policy. Its activities include research and scholarship, education and outreach, and recognition and celebration. The EI strives to embody Eisenhower's model of public policy formation and leadership, and its programs aim to encourage greater understanding of core governmental institutions, bridging the perspectives of scholars, policy-makers, students, and citizens.
The institute is governed by a board of directors and has both a campus advisory council and a public advisory board.
The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute
The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute was founded in 1983 by colleagues and confidants of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of the late President, was a founding director and later the first president of the institute. She designed its US-Soviet program and remained with the institute for several years to implement it. She helped build one of the nation's most renowned public policy programs on US-Soviet relations. The successes of the program and its emphasis on international cooperation and dialogue would go on to define the institute's work for the next twenty years. Ms. Eisenhower left the institute in 1989 to found the Center for Political and Strategic Studies in 1991. It was at this time that the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute affiliated with Gettysburg College of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
EI and Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College was founded in 1832 by anti-slavery theologian, Samuel Simon Schmucker, to educate new immigrants to Pennsylvania. It now ranks among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States. The College has long been associated with the life and legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Lieutenant Eisenhower came to Gettysburg in 1918 to command a training base, the College provided housing for the young officer and his new bride. After World War II, Eisenhower returned to accept an honorary doctorate. Following his presidency, Eisenhower retired to his farm in Gettysburg and took an active part in the life of the College, serving on the board of trustees and maintaining a campus officer, where he wrote his memoirs. It was in 1991 that Gettysburg College first became intertwined with the objectives and mission of the Eisenhower Institute, a relationship that is now cemented in a symbiotic and mutually beneficial way.
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