The Swiss Confederate mobilized its troops — the country follows the doctrine of " armed neutrality " with all males required to have military training — a number that General Eisenhower estimated to be about 850, 000.

Other more recent political figures educated at Columbia include U. S President Barack Obama, Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former chairman of the U. S. Federal Reserve Bank Alan Greenspan, U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and U. S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr .. Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the thirteenth president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953.

After a one year assignment in France, Eisenhower served as executive officer to General George V. Mosely, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to February 1933.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany.

General Eisenhower.

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army by Nicodemus David Hufford III.

Biographer Blanche Weisen Cook suggests that this period served as " the political education of General Eisenhower ", as he had to prioritize wide-ranging educational, administrative, and financial demands for the university.

" Whatever General Eisenhower knows about economics he has learned at the study group meetings ," one Aid to Europe member claimed.

Eisenhower sent Lt. General John W. " Iron Mike " O ' Daniel to Vietnam to study and " assess " the French forces there.

During a visit to England he complained of dizziness and had to have his blood pressure checked on August 29, 1959 ; however, before dinner at Chequers on the next day his doctor General Howard Snyder recalled Eisenhower " drank several gin and tonics, and one or two gins on the rocks ... three or four wines with the dinner ".

Because of legal issues related to holding a military rank while in a civilian office, Eisenhower had resigned his permanent commission as General of the Army before entering the office of President of the United States.

Eisenhower described his position on space and the need for peace during his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York City, September 22, 1960:

* 1943 – World War II: U. S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.

* 1943 – World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.

Himmler, hoping that the British and Americans would fight the Soviets alongside the remains of the Wehrmacht, asked Bernadotte to inform General Dwight Eisenhower that Germany wished to surrender to the West.

Allied leaders of the Sicilian campaign in North Africa ; ( front row, left to right ) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder | Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | Andrew Cunningham, ( top row, left to right ) Harold Macmillan, Major General Walter Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers ; 1943

In 1953, the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, proposed the creation of an international body to both regulate and promote the peaceful use of atomic power ( nuclear power ), in his Atoms for Peace address to the UN General Assembly.

* 1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe

General ( later U. S. President ) Dwight D. Eisenhower inspecting prisoners ' corpses at the liberated Ohrdruf forced labor camp, 1945

* 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U. S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship off Malta.

The perceived threat motivated the Eisenhower administration to make ballistic missiles a top priority and tasked Air Force Brigadier General Bernard Schriever with leading the development program.

* 1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.

The church agencies report to the General Assembly, which meets biennially in odd numbered years.

The ARP General Synod meets yearly ( in recent years, it has, almost without exception, been held at Bonclarken ).

The General Assembly meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed ( which often is just before the next session's start ).

It now meets by its own decision, the decision of its President, at a request from a majority of its members, or at a request from the General Assembly or Security Council.

The General Conference meets every four years ( quadrennium ).

* August 17 – WWII: The US 7th Army under General George S. Patton meets the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery in Messina, Sicily, completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

** Battle of Mañeru-Third Carlist War-In continued campaigning in Navarre, Spanish Republican General Domingo Moriones meets a Carlist force under Nicolás Ollo at Mañeru, near Puente de la Reina, in a hard-fought but indecisive action.

She meets Domin, the General Manager of R. U. R., who tells her the history of the company.

Governor General Adrienne Clarkson ( right ) meets with President of Russia | Russian president Vladimir Putin ( left ) in the governor general's study in Rideau Hall, 18 December 2000

** King Phillip of France meets with the Estates General to ask for funds to further the war effort against the English

Catherine also meets their father, the imposing General Tilney.

The Chilean Congress meets in a modern building in the Almendral section of Valparaíso, after relocation from Santiago during the last years of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

In order to be registered with the General Osteopathic Council an osteopath must hold a recognized qualification that meets the standards as set out by law in the GOsC's Standard of Practice.

He provides invaluable assistance in the defence of Riga against the French army, where he meets General Carl von Clausewitz of the Prussian Army.

Following the General Election of the Cortes Generales ( Cortes ), and other circumstances provided for in the constitution, the king meets with and interviews the political party leaders represented in the Cortes, and then consults with the Speaker of the Congress ( who, in this instance, represents the whole of the Cortes Generalas ).

The supreme body is the annual General Assembly, which meets each May in Edinburgh.

The General Assembly meets at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Following the General Election of the Cortes Generales ( Cortes ), and other circumstances provided for in the constitution, the king meets with and interviews the political party leaders represented in the Congress of Deputies, and then consults with the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies ( officially, Presidente de Congreso de los Diputados de España, who, in this instance, represents the whole of the Cortes Generales ) before nominating his candidate for the presidency, according to Section 99 of Title IV.

It meets several times a year to deal with the administration and external relations of Aosdána, reports to every General Assembly, which meets once a year, and sets its Agenda.

This Committee, which meets a number of times each year, implements the decisions of the General Council, and makes financial and administrative decisions relating to the Society's Headquarters.

This Committee, which meets a number of times each year, implements the decisions of the General Council, and makes financial and administrative decisions relating to the Society's Headquarters.

Wavell ( right ) meets Lt. General Edward Quinan | Quinan, commander of British and Indian Army forces in Iraq in April 1941.

United States Consul ( representative ) | Consul General Peter O ’ Donohue meets with Quebec Premier Jean Charest in November 2010.

The General Assembly meets biannually each year in April and November.