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SERVING THE CAUSE Sculptor Norman L. Annis and Mamie D. Eisenhower with the Eisenhower statue on the occasion of its dedication, 1970. orary chairmanship of the board of associates when it was organized in 1965 or from participating in the dedication of Musselman Stadium in the same year. Since Eisenhower was obviously convinced of the necessity of education in a democratic society, and was highly effective when expressing his convictions on that subject, he performed his chosen tasks on the Gettysburg campus to good effect.322 While Arnold Hanson respected Eisenhower as a person and welcomed him as an international figure and a genuine friend of the institution, he believed strongly that Gettysburg should always maintain a strictly nonpartisan character. Consequently, he tried to avoid anything which would tend to identify the College as a Republican institution. When Eisenhower died in 1969 and the federal lease of 300 Carlisle street was terminated, the College relocated the admissions office in the building. In October of that year the trustees named it the Dwight David Eisenhower House and directed that a statue of the former president "be commissioned and erected on land contiguous to the House." The sculptor for the statue was Professor Norman L. Annis of the art department. It was dedicated on October 14,1970.323 322Many associated with the College hoped that the presence of Eisenhower on its board would attract large sums of money. It did not. 323The statue was given by Trustee and Mrs. Joseph T. Simpson. After it was severely damaged during a 1984 storm, Professor Annis created a second statue, which was located slightly to the west of the original. 99