Mary Jean Eisenhower (born December 21, 1955) is an American humanitarian, and the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. She has worked to develop and expand the mission of People to People International . Eisenhower became the Chief Executive Officer of PTPI in January 2000 and its President in 2003. She still holds these titles.
Read more about Mary Jean Eisenhower: Early Life, Work With People To People International, Awards
Famous quotes containing the words mary, jean and/or eisenhower:
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:41,42.
Jesus to Martha.
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.”
—Michel Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur (1735–1813)
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)