Milton S. Eisenhower - Legacy

Legacy

  • The Milton S. Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University, opened in 1964 and containing 2.5 million volumes, is named after him. It historically has been referred to by Hopkins students as the "Milton Hilton" and has the unusual feature of being almost entirely underground.
  • The Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center is the primary research facility at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.
  • The Milton S. Eisenhower Auditorium, a 2,595 seat center for the performing arts on the University Park campus of Penn State, opened in 1974. Eisenhower Chapel, on the same campus, is named for his wife, Helen Eakin Eisenhower.
  • Eisenhower Hall, opened in 1951 on the Kansas State campus, is also named in his honor. It is home to the College of Arts and Sciences dean's office and the departments of History and Modern Languages.

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