Dwight D. Eisenhower - Revision history

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The rifle range's purpose wasn't for preparing to "shoot Soviets," but for serving the needs of ROTC (through 1968) & The Rifle Team (through 1996).

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 [[Image:Ike.jpg|thumb|President Eisenhower at [[Commencement]]]]
 [[Image:Ike2.jpg|thumb|Ike in front of [[Alma Mater]]]]
-'''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming US President in [[1953]].
+'''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming [[President of the United States]] in [[1953]].
 He was mostly in absentia during his tenure, dealing with such important matters as the Korean War, being Supreme Commander of NATO, and running for President of the United States, but he did manage to turn the stretch of [[116th Street]] running through campus into the mostly traffic-free [[College Walk]].

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 He was mostly in absentia during his tenure, dealing with such important matters as the Korean War, being Supreme Commander of NATO, and running for President of the United States, but he did manage to turn the stretch of [[116th Street]] running through campus into the mostly traffic-free [[College Walk]].
-Less successfully, he proposed a "Citizenship Center," including military recruitment offices and a rifle range (which was built in the basement of now-demolished student center Ferris Booth Hall, and which hosted the now-defunct Columbia University Rifle Team).
+Less successfully, he proposed a "Citizenship Center," including military recruitment offices and a rifle range (which was built in the basement of now-demolished student center [[Ferris Booth Hall]], and which hosted the now-defunct Columbia University Rifle Team).
 Once, it was rumored that [[SIPA]] would be named after him.

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 [[Category:University presidents|Eisenhower, Dwight D.]]
 [[Category:U.S. Presidents|Eisenhower, Dwight D.]]
 [[Category:Alexander Hamilton Medal recipients|Eisenhower]]
 [[Category:Key historical figures|Eisenhower]]

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	'''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming US President in [[1953]].		'''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming US President in [[1953]].

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-[[Image:Ike.jpg|thumb|PrezIke at [[Commencement]]]]
+[[Image:Ike.jpg|thumb|President Eisenhower at [[Commencement]]]]
 '''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming US President in [[1953]].

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 '''Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower''' was president of Columbia from [[1948]] until becoming US President in [[1953]].
-He was mostly in absentia during his tenure, dealing with less important matters like the Korean War, being Supreme Command of NATO, and running for President of the United States, but he did manage to turn the stretch of [[116th Street]] running through campus into the mostly traffic-free [[College Walk]].
+He was mostly in absentia during his tenure, dealing with such important matters as the Korean War, being Supreme Commander of NATO, and running for President of the United States, but he did manage to turn the stretch of [[116th Street]] running through campus into the mostly traffic-free [[College Walk]].
-Less successfully, he proposed a "Citizenship Center," including military recruitment offices and a rifle range where students could learn to shoot Soviets, for [[Ferris Booth Hall]], the former student center.
+Less successfully, he proposed a "Citizenship Center," including military recruitment offices and a rifle range (which was built in the basement of now-demolished student center Ferris Booth Hall, and which hosted the sadly, now-defunct Columbia University Rifle Team).
 Once, it was rumored that [[SIPA]] would be named after him.

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 Once, it was rumored that [[SIPA]] would be named after him.
-{{succession|preceded=[[Nicholas Murray Butler]]|succeeded=[[Grayson Kirk]]|office=President of Columbia University|years=[[1948]]-[[1953]]}}
+{{succession|preceded=[[Frank Fackenthal]] (acting)|succeeded=[[Grayson Kirk]]|office=President of Columbia University|years=[[1948]]-[[1953]]}}
 [[Category:University presidents|Eisenhower, Dwight D.]]
 [[Category:History|Eisenhower, Dwight D.]]
 [[Category:U.S. Presidents|Eisenhower, Dwight D.]]