Background
RUSK, Dean was born on February 9, 1909 in Cherokee Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Hugh Rusk and Frances Elizabeth (nee Clotfelter) Rusk.
RUSK, Dean was born on February 9, 1909 in Cherokee Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Hugh Rusk and Frances Elizabeth (nee Clotfelter) Rusk.
AB, Davidson College, North Carolina, 1931. Bachelor of Science (Rhodes scholar), St. John's College Oxford University, England, 1933. Master of Arts, 1934.
Master of Arts various honorary degrees.
Professor, of Government, Mills College California 1934-1938, Dean of Faculty 1938-1940, military service 1940-1946. Assistant Chief Division of Institute Security Affairs, United States Department, of State 1946. Special Assistant to Secretary of War 1946-1947.
Director of Office of United Nations Affairs 1947-1949, Assistant Secretary of State 1949, Deputy Under-Secretary of State 50, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs 1950-1952. President The Rockefeller Foundation 1952-1961. Secretary of State 1961-1969.
Sibley Professor, of Institute Law, University of Georgia since 1970. President General Education Board 1952-1961.
Author: (with Richard Rusk) As I Saw It, 1990.
Served with Army of the United States, 1940-1946. Member American Society International Law, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Virginia Foisle, June 19, 1937. Children: David Patrick, Richard Geary, Margaret Elizabeth.