him. He was a founding trustee of Eisenhower College, for which he had assisted in the planning and raising funds. In 1955, Strauss received a silver plaque from the Men's Club of Temple Emanu-El for "distinguished service"; President Eisenhower sent a message to the ceremony saying the honor was well-deserved. The cover of Time magazine featured Strauss twice. The first was in 1953 when he was AEC chair and the nuclear arms race was underway, and the second was in 1959 during his Secretary of Commerce confirmation process. Publications Strauss, Lewis L. Men and Decisions (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962). See also Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States Bibliography References External links Lewis L. Strauss Papers at the Hoover Presidential Library, link no longer given Strauss, Lewis L.: Papers, 1914–74 Lewis L. Strauss Papers, Scope and Content Note Annotated bibliography for Lewis Strauss from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Guide to the Papers of Admiral Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) at the American Jewish Historical Society, New York. Full text of "too cheap to meter" speech Dwight D. Eisenhower, Remarks on Presentation of the Medal of Freedom to Lewis L. Strauss 1896 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American memoirists 20th-century American politicians American anti-communists American investment bankers American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American people of German-Jewish descent American Reform Jews Burials in Virginia Businesspeople from Charleston, West Virginia Chairmen of the United States Atomic Energy Commission Eisenhower administration cabinet members George Washington University trustees Hampton University trustees Jewish American bankers Jewish American members of the Cabinet of the United States Jewish American philanthropists Military personnel from Charleston, West Virginia People from Culpeper County, Virginia People from Manhattan People from Richmond, Virginia People from Washington, D.C. Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Rejected or withdrawn nominees to the United States Executive Cabinet United States Navy rear admirals United States Secretaries of Commerce Virginia Republicans Writers from Charleston, West Virginia