K-State President Milton Eisenhower

Milton Eisenhower1943-1950

The first alumnus to become president of the university, Milton Eisenhower ’24, ’63 was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

While Eisenhower was president, the Kansas State College Endowment Association — known today as the Kansas State University Foundation — was established, and students elected their first female student body president, Ethelinda Parris Amos ’45.

Eisenhower Hall, home to the College of Arts and Sciences and several departments in the college, is named for the Abilene, Kansas, native.