Word: mccanns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that two years ago was hovering dangerously close to bankruptcy. But last week, Defiance played host to a man who had traveled 575 miles to lay the cornerstone of its new library. "I am here," explained President Dwight Eisenhower, "because of my affection and admiration for Kevin and Ruth McCann...
...last two years, Defiance has come to have a good deal of affection for the McCanns, too. Since Kevin McCann took over as president in 1951, the college has begun to hum with new hope. An industrial engineer who enlisted...
Army private in 1942 and rose to become Eisenhower's personal assistant* and biographer (Man from Abilene), energetic Kevin McCann, 49, has dedicated himself to the once unlikely proposition that Defiance...
...college was so poor that it had not been able to afford a new building for 35 years. Then the board of trustees began asking various university heads to recommend a man who might make a good president. At Columbia University, McCann read the letter addressed to his boss, and sent it along with a scrawled memo: "A good candidate for this job occupies the adjoining room to you. Will you recommend...
...first McCann was on campus only occasionally (he wanted to see Ike through the campaign), but he never forgot his duties. He turned the $20,000 royalties from his book over to a Mamie Eisenhower Scholarship Fund. He made speeches, sent the fees back to the college. He also began nagging some of his old friends for money. By the end of his first year, Defiance...