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It was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Shangri-La and later renamed Camp David after Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David Eisenhower. It was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Shangri-La and later renamed Camp David after Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David Eisenhower. President Roosevelt called the Camp Shangri-La after the mountain kingdom in James Hilton's book Lost Horizon. It was renamed Camp David in 1953 by President Eisenhower in honor of his grandson.
Nelson describes the alterations, decorations, and world-shaping events that each president brought to Camp David. Called Shangri-La by its founder, Franklin Roosevelt, most successive presidents were certain this rural outpost would not suit them. Yet, each was entranced by the place and left his mark.