Ike & Mamie ‘52: The Bathrobe Story

In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the most famous man in the country – maybe the world.

Ike: Non-War

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was called Ike from boyhood. Growing up in Abilene, Kansas, he did farm chores, household chores, schoolwork, athletics and learned to play excellent poker from some of the aging gamblers of the Old West.

In an agreement with his brother, Ike went to work after high school to pay for Edgar’s education. The deal was that once completed, Edgar would pay for Ike’s schooling. Only he didn’t have to. Ike was accepted at West Point, where the tuition was free, slipping in just barely under the age limit.

Ike was nearly 25 when he graduated mid-class in 1915, stationed in San Antonio Texas where he met Miss Mamie Doud, six years his junior. A year later, they married.

Ike’s career…