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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign

Dec, 1950
New York City, New York, U.S.

The trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign in December 1950, when he took an extended leave from the university to become the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and he was given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.


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