Catoctin Mountain and the Potomac River. (Note that a local tradition asserts that "Catoctin" means "place of many deer" in an Indian language.) Catoctin Mountain is perhaps best known as the site of Camp David, a mountain retreat for presidents of the United States. It was first used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, who called it "Shangri-La". In the 1950s President Dwight Eisenhower renamed it Camp David, after his grandson David Eisenhower. The resort is extremely well guarded by the United States Secret Service, and only approved guests of the President are allowed into the retreat. Due to its
Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in national resource strategy. The graduating of the class of 1994 was the first to be awarded a master's degree. In 2012, the college was renamed "The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy". It is now commonly known as "The Eisenhower School". Today, the official mission of the college is to: "Prepare selected military officers and civilians for strategic leadership and success in developing our national security strategy and in evaluating, marshalling, and managing resources in the execution of that strategy." The faculty is composed of civilian academics and highly qualified military officers from all the