<--PREV Doc #671  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #673 Document #672; May 1, 1958 To Isidor Schwaner Ravdin Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part IV: Recession and Reform; February 1958 to May 1958 Chapter 10: Restructuring for National Security   Dear Rav: As I understand it, you are now the Czar of Carvers. Regardless of title, I want to tell you how delighted I am that this great honor has come to you, one that all of your friends will applaud.1 I am sorry that as a Honorary Fellow of the College of Surgeons, I was not allowed to vote for you.2 Could I have done so your unanimous vote would have been reinforced by one additional number. My most sincere felicitations. Please convey my warm greetings to Betty and, of course, all the best to yourself. As ever 1 Ravdin, who had assisted at Eisenhower's 1956 abdominal surgery, had been elected president of the American Surgical Association. 2 On February 6 a delegation from the American College of Surgeons had conferred the honorary fellowship upon Eisenhower (see no. 160; see also President's daily appointments, Feb. 6, 1958). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Isidor Schwaner Ravdin, 1 May 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 672. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/second-term/documents/672.cfm <--PREV Doc #671  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #673

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