Dean Rusk

1909 – 1994

David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is one of the longest serving U.S. Secretaries of State, behind only Cordell Hull. Dean Rusk with President Johnson and Robert McNamara, February 9, 1968. Born in Cherokee County, Georgia, Rusk taught at Mills College after graduating from Davidson College. During World War II, Rusk served as a staff officer in the China Burma India Theater. He was hired by the United States Department of State in 1945 and became Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs in 1950. In 1952, Rusk became president of the Rockefeller Foundation. After winning the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy asked Rusk to serve as Secretary of State. He supported diplomatic efforts during the Cuban Missile Crisis and expressed doubts about the escalation of the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. Rusk served for the duration of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations before retiring from public office in 1969. After leaving office, he taught international relations at the University of Georgia School of Law.

• As I Saw It
• The American Revolution and the future
• The role of the foundation in American life
• The winds of freedom
• The Wings of freedom
• A fresh look at the formulation of foreign policy
• Changing patterns in world affairs, an interview with Secretary of State Dean Rusk
• Der Präsident und die Aussenpolitik der USA
• Guidelines of U. S. foreign policy
• International defense commitments of the United States
• Mason & Jefferson revisited
• Mason & Jefferson revisited