ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The compilation, annotation, and publication of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower’s Second Administration involved the dedicated efforts of an experienced and talented editorial team, as well as the support of a large number of other individuals and institutions. Eisenhower would have appreciated the collaborative effort necessary to complete the publication of twenty-one volumes of his papers.

All of the staff contributed to the annotations. Executive editor Elizabeth S. Hughes trained and supervised our research assistants, prepared the index, copyedited the manuscript, and guided it through the publication process. Associate editor Robin D. Coblentz conducted research at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, and the British Public Record Office in Kew, England, and drafted most of the foreign-policy annotations. Associate editor Janet R. Brugger performed a wide variety of technical and administrative tasks, researched and drafted notes, and assisted in many other ways throughout the production process. Associate editor Jill A. Friedman drafted annotations on the administration's domestic policy and also helped search the files in Abilene. Assistant editor Dr. Nancy K. Berlage researched and drafted notes across a wide range of fields. The editorial team continued to rely on the assistance provided by several hardworking graduate and undergraduate students, including Michael Cavino, Frances M. Clarke, Lynn K. Gorchov, Sol Rhee Kwon, Rebecca Jo Plant, Michael Rossi, Kelly R. Schrum, and Jayesh Shah. Their contributions were crucial, and we deeply appreciate the seriousness with which they conducted their work.

The Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees, which in 1963 launched this enterprise, has sustained us through the years. We are especially grateful to Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg, to former chairman Morris W. Offit, to Aurelia S. Garland Bolton, and to Walter D. Pinkard Jr. of the France-Merrick Foundations. Johns Hopkins President William R. Brody, Interim President Daniel Nathans, and former presidents William C. Richardson and Steven Muller have supported the project, as have Provost Steven Knapp, Dean Richard E. McCarty, Associate Dean Gary Ostrander, former Provost and Vice-President Joseph Cooper, and Vice-Presidents Robert R. Lindgren and Ross Jones. In the Office of Homewood Research Administration, Associate Dean Cheryl-Lee Howard, Dr. Milton T. Cole, Susan S. Doane, Holly A. Benze, Janet M. Palmer, Eugene Rutter, Patty Donahue, and Gwen Patterson provided enthusiastic assistance. Others at Hopkins have been similarly helpful. In the history department, the chair, Gabrielle Spiegel, former chairs John Russell-Wood, Richard Goldthwaite, and Dorothy Ross, the department administrator, Sharon A. Widomski, and administrative assistant Shirley Hipley have continued to aid us in numerous ways.

The staff of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, where we were housed, has provided valuable support. We would like to thank Dean of University Libraries and Sheridan Director James G. Neal, Interim Sheridan Director Stephen G. Nichols, James E. Gillispie, Thomas M. Izbicki, Cynthia H. Requardt, and Deborah Slingluff, as well as Charles A. Baughan III, Bettie G. Cook, Allan H. Holtzman, Zachary Jaffe, Lynn Mathieu, Mary Jane Miller, Sharon Morris, Edith Overstreet, and Lynne Stuart.

Aiding in the research conducted in England were Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library Mary Clapinson and John Wood and his staff in the Reader Services Department of the Public Record Office in Kew. Helen M. Carrier provided valuable assistance in the research conducted at the PRO.

Continued assistance from the federal government has made this undertaking possible. A great deal of that help has been financial. The National Endowment for the Humanities, headed by William R. Ferris, has provided significant grants to sustain our work. We are especially indebted to Margot Backas and Steve Veneziani for their guidance. At the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, also a granting agency, we have been helped over the years by Roger A. Bruns, Timothy D. W. Connelly, Mary Giunta, J. Dane Hartgrove, Ann W. Newhall, and former head Gerald W. George. We are also indebted to Archivist John W. Carlin at the National Archives, an important source of records in our research.

We are deeply indebted to the staff of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and to Director Daniel D. Holt and Assistant Director Martin M. Teasley. We are most appreciative of the efforts on our behalf of Thomas W. Branigar, Barbara J. Constable, James W. Leyerzapf, Stacey Meuli, Linda K. Smith, Dwight Strandberg, Hazel O. Stroda, and Kathleen A. Struss. Special thanks go to David J. Haight, Bonita B. Mulanax, and Herbert L. Pankratz, who continued to provide us with invaluable research assistance as we edited the documents of President Eisenhower’s second administration. Stewart Etherington of the Eisenhower Foundation, and Dennis H. J. Medina, of the Eisenhower Museum, also have continued to help us in significant ways.

Additional assistance came from Steven D. Tilley at the National Archives, Kathryn I. Dyer at the Central Intelligence Agency, Carol Hegemen and James C. Roach at the Gettysburg National Historic Site, Darwin H. Stapleton and Harold W. Oakhill at the Rockefeller Archive Center, Marie-Louise Kragh in the Special Collections Department at the University of Virginia Library, Judith A. Gray at the Library of Congress, Mary Haynes at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, and Barbara Spencer at the Augusta National Golf Club.

As we completed the final manuscripts and began the publication process, we were fortunate to working an experienced, enthusiastic, and skillful staff at the Johns Hopkins University Press. Director James Jordan, former Director Willis G. Regier, and Director Emeritus Jack G. Goellner were extremely supportive, as were Joanne S. Allen, Douglas M. Armato, Eric F. Halpern, Barbara B. Lamb, and Henry Y. K. Tom. Acquisitions editor Robert J. Brugger and Senior production editor Carol Zimmerman guided the manuscript through to publication.

Computer assistance in preparing the manuscript was provided by Peter A. Batke, David R. Chesnutt, James Cawley, Brian Elefant, Vincent LaMonte, Scott Franch, Greg S. Little, and Louise Miller-Finn.

Since this project has received federal matching grants, we have continued to look to the private and nonprofit sectors for financial support. The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute and Center for Political and Strategic Studies was especially helpful in these efforts. We are particularly indebted to Rocco C. Siciliano, president of the board of directors, and to Susan E. Eisenhower, Institute president. We are also most grateful for the support given us by Brigadier General Carl W. Reddel, Paul T. O'Day, Jane L. Kratovil, Dr. Elliott Converse, and Eugene T. Rossides.

Our special thanks to the members of our project’s board of advisers, who stepped in to help us at a particularly crucial period. These include John S. D. Eisenhower, D. David Eisenhower II, Anne B. Evans, Jack G. Goellner, General Andrew J. Goodpaster, Douglas R. Price, W. James Price IV, Raymond J. Saulnier, and Ray Scherer. Others who deserve thanks are Janet E. and Edward K. Dunn Jr., Robert M. Evans, and Louise G. Sleichter. Every development effort needs at least two spark plugs. Ours were Anne B. “Shiny” Evans and Douglas R. Price, neither of whom ever seemed to be on vacation.

The Eisenhower family, especially General John S. D. Eisenhower, Susan E. Eisenhower, and D. David Eisenhower II, have continued to support us and ensure that our volumes met the standards set by President Eisenhower at the beginning of this project. Douglas R. Price, formerly of the Eisenhower White House staff and now a member of our editorial board, has supported the research for these volumes in countless ways. Through him we were able to call upon the memories of former members of the Eisenhower White House staff, including General Andrew J. Goodpaster and Raymond J. Saulnier , Edward A. McCabe, and H. Roemer McPhee Jr. We were privileged to meet with others whose lives touched Eisenhower’s in meaningful ways, including the late Ray Scherer and the late Wallace C. Strobel.