Nevins, Arthur S. (Arthur Seymour), 1891-1979

Brigadier General Arthur Seymour Nevins (1891-1979) was a career army officer and a close friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nevins was born in Illinois, and was a brother noted historian Allan Nevins. He joined the Army in 1917 and served under Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Philippines in the 1930s and in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Nevins retired from the Army in 1946 but continued to have frequent contacts with Eisenhower. In 1950 Eisenhower bought a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, intending to use it as a place to live when he retired. Eisenhower was preparing to leave for Europe where he had been appointed supreme commander of NATO forces, so he hired Nevins to manage the farm for him. Nevins moved to Gettysburg in April 1951 and managed Eisenhower’s farm until Eisenhower retired from the presidency in 1961. Nevins settled on an adjoining farm and remained a close friend of Eisenhower until Eisenhower’s death in 1969. Soon after Eisenhower’s death, General Nevins began to write a book about his friendship with Eisenhower.

Army officer.