Second Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ike’s West Point yearbook, the Howitzer, joked that he viewed himself as “the handsomest man in the Corps.” Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Ike and Mamie on their wedding day, July 1, 1916. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

The Eisenhower family, circa 1926. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower and George Marshall, June 19, 1943. Bettmann/CORBIS

Eisenhower and Kay Summersby. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower meets with soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division on the eve of D-day. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Ike and Mamie walk outside Low Memorial Library at Columbia during the 1952 campaign. They are accompanied by John A. Krout (left), dean of the Columbia Graduate Faculties. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower receives the news that Harry Truman has fired Douglas MacArthur, 1951. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower greets the Republican National Convention, 1952. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Ike teaches Richard Nixon, his vice presidential running mate, how to fly-fish, 1952. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower visits soldiers during his trip to Korea in December 1952. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

The first Eisenhower cabinet. Fred Vinson, chief justice of the United States, stands at the center, in robes. Abbie Rowe, National Park Service

Eisenhower and Earl Warren, joined by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, welcome a group of newly naturalized American citizens, November 10, 1954. Bettmann/CORBIS

On October 25, 1955, Eisenhower makes his first public appearance, on the roof of Fitzsimons Army Hospital, after his heart attack. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

John Foster Dulles and Eisenhower confer on August 14, 1956, as the Suez crisis builds to a boil. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Richard Nixon at the Republican National Convention, 1956. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Ike and Mamie, joined by John and Barbara, on the dais of the Republican National Convention, 1956. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Orval Faubus arrives at Newport to meet with Eisenhower during the Little Rock school integration crisis, September 14, 1957. Sherman Adams accompanies him. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Members of the 101st Airborne Division escort black students into Little Rock Central High School, September 26, 1957. Bettmann/CORBIS

The Eisenhower family—John and Barbara with their children, as well as Ike and Mamie—leave church on Easter Sunday, 1958. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower meets with civil rights leaders at the White House, June 23, 1958. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower and Khrushchev prepare to board a helicopter for Camp David. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Camp David, standing outside the Aspen Lodge, where they stayed. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Khrushchev and Castro, September 20, 1960. Bettmann/CORBIS

Eisenhower throws out the first pitch of the 1960 American League season. Nixon (seated) accompanies him. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library

Ike and Mamie enjoy a relaxed moment at their Gettysburg home in July of 1966. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library