DIED. Milton Eisenhower, 85, educator, diplomat and valued adviser to six Pres- idents, including his brother Dwight; in Baltimore. The youngest of seven brothers, Milton worked for the Agriculture Department through the Depression years; during World War II he was a top Roosevelt troubleshooter for refugee and relief problems in North Africa, before leaving Government in 1943. He then held three college presidencies: at his alma mater, Kansas State, until 1950; at Pennsylvania State (1950-56); and at Johns Hopkins (1956-67 and 1971-72). The genial, judicious administrator also held several part-time Government posts, among them Special Ambassador to Latin America and membership on twelve major Government commissions. He chaired five of them, notably the 1968 inquiry into the causes of violence after the King and Kennedy assassinations. Said his admiring brother: “I think I would rather take Milton’s views than those of anyone else.”
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