Eisenhower excelled at sports and played football his first two years at West Point. After suffering a knee injury, he dedicated himself to his studies as a cadet. His classmates regarded him as a natural leader who had a knack of saying the right thing to gain others’ cooperation and his good nature inspired trust.

Upon graduation from West Point, he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. There he met Mamie Doud in October of 1915. After a whirlwind courtship they were married on July 1, 1916. They had two children, the first of whom died of scarlet fever in infancy.

While at Fort Sam Houston, Eisenhower was promoted several times. He became First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916; Captain on May 15, 1917; Major (temporary) on June 17, 1918; and Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) on October 14, 1918. He reverted to the permanent rank of Captain on June 30, 1920 and was then promoted to Major on July 2, 19

Eisenhower valued peace and sought it throughout his presidency. With the USSR he proposed the Open Skies Program to allow the US and Russia to exchange blueprints of each other’s military establishments and “provide within our countries facilities or aerial photography to the other country”. He developed an “Atoms for Peace” program where nations would pool their atomic information for peaceful purposes, an initiative that led to the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1957.

Eisenhower volunteered to participate as a Tank Corps observer in the First Transcontinental Motor Convoy from July 7, 1919 to September 6, 1919. This made him realize the value of a good highway system. During World War II, he saw Germany’s advantages as a result of the autobahn network and noticed the Allies enhanced mobility when they fought their way into Germany. These experiences shaped his views on highways. Eisenhower stated, “The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.” As President, he was instrumental in developing a better highway system. When he took office in 1953 the United States had completed 10,327 kin of system improvements at a cost of $955 million. Only 24 percent of the interstate roadway was adequate for present traffic. His 1956 his Federal-Aid highway Act called for uniform interstate design standards to accommodate traffic forecast in 20 years with four lane segments. In 1957 the numbering scheme for the interstate highwa

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