ABSTRACT
In the spring of 1947, however, Thomas I. Parkinson's Search Committee, which had the responsibility of recommending a candidate to the Board, was in no position to wait, and its efforts for a new President were in disarray. Chairman Albert C. Jacobs. Coykendall, he continued in his letter to Parkinson, had given him a book on the duties of Columbia's President. Interestingly, when Parkinson wrote to the General about the Trustees Meeting, he emphasized that the Deans and Directors at the Low Memorial session on Saturday had been "delighted" and "enthusiastic" about the decision. Probably Watson and Parkinson believed their West Point promises about not having to raise funds: Ike Eisenhower's name, itself, could do the job, and thus his own efforts could be minimal. Few knew that Parkinson and Watson had misled Eisenhower about his responsibilities and that he had allowed himself to be deceived.
