DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Dwight D. Eisenhower (nicknamed "Ike") was a U.S. Army officer and politician from the 1910s to the 1960s. He was a five-star general during World War II, served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe and became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. He was elected to the presidency of the United States from 1953 to 1961. As President, he ended the Korean War and presided over eight years of relative peace and economic growth, during which no inflation occurred and the debt kept to a minimum. He is also responsible for the Interstate Highway System opposed Joseph McCarthy, and also signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Eisenhower passed away in 1969 at the age of 78.