Dean Rusk

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Dean Rusk was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the Cold War and the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf American politician
United States Secretary of State
diplomat
human
appointedBy John F. Kennedy
birthName David Dean Rusk
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-02-09
dateOfDeath 1994-12-20
educatedAt Davidson College
Rhodes Scholar
linked to: Rhodes Scholars

St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer Rockefeller Foundation
United States Department of State
University of Georgia
endTime 1969-01-20
familyName Rusk
fieldOfWork foreign policy
international relations
givenName David
hasAcademicChairNamedAfter Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy
honor Presidential Medal of Freedom
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Army
notableRole key architect of U.S. policy in the Vietnam War
major figure in Cold War diplomacy
notableWork Cuban Missile Crisis diplomacy
U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War
numberOfChildren 3
occupation lawyer
statesman
officeContested United States Secretary of State
placeOfBirth Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Athens, Georgia, United States
linked to: Athens, Georgia
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
Deputy Under Secretary of State
President of the Rockefeller Foundation
United States Secretary of State
precededBy Christian Herter
reappointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
religion Baptist
residence Athens, Georgia, United States
linked to: Athens, Georgia
spouse Virginia Foisie Rusk
startTime 1961-01-21
succeededBy William P. Rogers
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Davidson College notableAlumni Dean Rusk
Christian A. Herter succeededBy Dean Rusk