Dean Rusk

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American politician United States Secretary of State diplomat human

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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Dean Rusk canonical 3

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Predicate Object
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 Scholars ⓘ
surface form: Rhodes Scholar

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 ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
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 ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Athens, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Athens, Georgia, United States
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Athens, Georgia, United States
spouse Virginia Foisie Rusk ⓘ
startTime 1961-01-21 ⓘ
succeededBy William P. Rogers ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Davidson College → notableAlumni → Dean Rusk ⓘ
U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter → succeededBy → Dean Rusk ⓘ
subject surface form: Christian A. Herter
Executive Committee of the National Security Council → hasMember → Dean Rusk ⓘ