Eileen Givens, granddaughter of Douglas McKay, Secretary of Interior under President
Eisenhower, has published an informal memoir of her grandparents’ life in Washington D.C.
Givens will speak at a brown back luncheon and book signing at noon on Oct. 14. The public is invited to bring a lunch and join the discussion in the Visitor’s Center Auditorium of the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Based on Mrs. McKay’s letters to her friends and family, the memoir gives an inside look at some of the people and politics in the Eisenhower administration. Copies of the book, “I Baked a Cake for Ike and Mamie!” A Memoir of Douglas nd Mabel McKay: Letters from Washington D.C. will be for sale in the Presidential Gift Shop. The title refers to the time when Mabel baked an angel food cake for Mrs. Eisenhower.