Who changed the name of the Maryland presidential retreat from Shangri-La to Camp David? July 24, 2020January 23, 2012 by Pamela Landy Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name Shangri-La to Camp David in 1953, naming it after his grandson. Related Answers What is the name of the camp terrorized by Jason in Friday the 13th (1980)? Did Shangri-La really exist? When did Cassius Clay announce that he had changed his name to Muhammad Ali? What U.S. presidential administration initiated the plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion? How many movies did David Lean make? What is the full title of Dickens’s David Copperfield (1849-50)?
