a white mansion in Washington, DC which is the official residence of the president of the United States and location of the executive branch of the US government. At the time of this lecture, Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was the US president and lived in the White House. He had graduated from West Point in 1915 and enjoyed playing golf. —Conquest of Chaos Approved Glossary (8.7.92)