Paul H. Davis - General Secretary, Columbia University, NYC. Typed letter signed, July 29, 1948, 1p., regarding the views of General Dwight Eisenhower, who had become President of the University. Approx. 8 x 10-1/2 in. His papers include - Collection includes correspondence, articles by Davis, clippings, photographs (49 black and white prints), his Army Air Service records, and other biographical materials. A fair amount of the collection pertains to his kidnapping by Mexican bandits after crash landing his plane while on border patrol in 1919; other subjects include his family genealogy, his reminiscences of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and his career.Davis earned his B.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford in 1922 and his engineer?s degree in 1923. His career included manager of the Pernambuco Light and Power Company in Recife, Brazil and manager of the Emergency Relief Administration in San Francisco before he returned to Stanford in 1936, where he was General Secretary and Director of the Stanford Associates. In 1946 he became General Secretary of Columbia University and three years later, Vice President.His papers are located at Stanford University and Columbia.

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