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'''David Dean Rusk''', (1909 - 1994) was [[Secretary of State]] for Presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] from 1961 to 1969.

'''David Dean Rusk''', (1909 - 1994) was [[Secretary of State]] for Presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] from 1961 to 1969.

With the exception of [[Cordell Hull]], who was Secretary of State for President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in the 1930's and 1940's, Mr. Rusk held the job longer than any predecessor -- a total of eight years. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/22/obituaries/dean-rusk-secretary-of-state-in-vietnam-war-is-dead-at-85.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times, Obituary]</ref>

With the exception of [[Cordell Hull]], who was Secretary of State for President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in the 1930's and 1940's, Mr. Rusk held the job longer than any predecessor—a total of eight years.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/22/obituaries/dean-rusk-secretary-of-state-in-vietnam-war-is-dead-at-85.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times, Obituary]</ref>

Rusk was born in Cherokee County, [[Georgia]], on February 9, 1909. Rusk earned an A.B. in political science from Davidson College in 1931 prior to entering [[St. John’s College]], [[Oxford University]], on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. At St. John’s, Rusk completed B.S. and M.A. degrees. Upon returning to the United States in 1934, he accepted a position as an associate professor at Mills College in [[Oakland]], [[California]]. He later served as dean of faculty at Mills while studying law at the [[University of California]]-Berkeley.

Rusk was born in Cherokee County, [[Georgia]], on February 9, 1909. Rusk earned an A.B. in political science from Davidson College in 1931 prior to entering [[St. John’s College]], [[Oxford University]], on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. At St. John’s, Rusk completed B.S. and M.A. degrees. Upon returning to the United States in 1934, he accepted a position as an associate professor at Mills College in [[Oakland]], [[California]]. He later served as dean of faculty at Mills while studying law at the [[University of California]]-Berkeley.

Although he favored a gradualist approach to U.S. involvement in Vietnam—in order to maintain the U.S. obligation to [[Vietnam]] under [[SEATO]]—his support of President Lyndon Johnson’s war policy exposed him to public criticism.

Although he favored a gradualist approach to U.S. involvement in Vietnam—in order to maintain the U.S. obligation to [[Vietnam]] under [[SEATO]]—his support of President Lyndon Johnson’s war policy exposed him to public criticism.

Rusk ended his tenure as Secretary on January 20, 1969. He was appointed the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law at the [[University of Georgia]] (1970–1984), established the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law, and completed a memoir, with the assistance of his son Richard Rusk, entitled ''As I Saw It''. Rusk died on December 20, 1994, the cause of death was congestive heart failure. <ref>[http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rusk-david-dean U.S. Department of State; Official Biography]</ref>

Rusk ended his tenure as Secretary on January 20, 1969. He was appointed the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law at the [[University of Georgia]] (1970–1984), established the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law, and completed a memoir, with the assistance of his son Richard Rusk, entitled ''As I Saw It''. Rusk died on December 20, 1994, the cause of death was congestive heart failure.<ref>[http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rusk-david-dean U.S. Department of State; Official Biography]</ref>

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