Background
RUSH, Kenneth was born on January 17, 1910 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of David C. and Emma K. (Kidwell) Rush.
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RUSH, Kenneth was born on January 17, 1910 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of David C. and Emma K. (Kidwell) Rush.
Bachelor of Arts Tennessee, 1930. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1932. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tusculum College, 1961.
HHD (honorary), The Citadel, 1982.
President 1949-1961, Director 1958-1969, Executive Vice-President 1961-1966, President 1966-1969. Executive Committee 1966-1969. Assistant Professor, of Law, Duke University Law School 1936-1937.
Director American Sugar Company (now Amstar Corporation) 1962-1969. Chairman Manufacturing Chemists Association 1966-1967. Director Bankers Trust Company 1966-1969, Bankers Trust New York Corporation 1966-1969.
Chairman Personnel Committee. Deputy Secretary of Defense 1972-1973. Deputy Secretary of State 1973-1974.
Acting Secretary State September 1973. Counsellor to the President, for Economics Policy 1974. Chairman Council on Institute Economics Policy, the President’s Committee on East-West Trade Policy, President’s Food Committee, President’s Committee on Energy, Council for Wages and Price Stability 1974.
Chairman Joint PresidentialCongressional Steering Committee Conference on Inflation September 1974. Ambassador to France 1974-1977. Governor American Red Cross 1972-1974.
Chairman Board of Foreign Service 1973-1974. Trustee, The Taft School 1957-1962, Foundation for Commemoration of Constitution 1986, Richard Nixon Presidential Archives Foundation since 1982. Director El Paso Company 1977-1983, Alliance to Save Energy 1977-1987.
Chairman The Atlantic Council 1977-1985, Supreme Court Historical Society 1983-1989, Youth for Understanding 1988, Presidential Commission, for German-American Tricentennial 1983-1984, Council of American Ambs. 1989; Honorary Doctor of Laws (Tusculum College) 1961, Honorary D.H. (The Citadel) 1982. Grand Cross.
Editor: Yale Law Jour, 1930-1932.
Member President Johnson's Public Advisory Committee United States Trade Policy, 1968-1969. Chairman Board Foreign Service, 1973-1974. Member National Security Council, 1973-1974.
Chairman Council International Economic Policy, President's Committee East-West Trade Policy, President's Food Committee, Council Wage and Price Stability, Joint Presidential-Congressional Steering Committee for Conference on Inflation, all 1974, Atlantic Council, 1978-1985, Executive Council on Foreign Diplomats, 1977-1978. Member Commission on Judicial Fellows, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Board directors Alliance To Save Energy, 1977-1988.
Trustee Taft School, 1957-1962, Richard Nixon Birthplace and Library., 1982-1994, Institute Study Diplomacy Georgetown University, 1980-1989, American Institute Contemporary German Studies Johns Hopkins, 1983-1993. Foundation for Commemoration of the Constitution, vice chairman 1986-1994. Chairman Presidential Committee For German-American Tricentennial, 1983-1984.
Vice chairman Atlantic Treaty Association, 1981-1985. Board governors American National Red Cross, 1972-1974. Chairman personnel committee, member audit and planning committee Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1988.
Chairman Council American Ambassadors, 1982-1989, Youth for Understanding, 1984-1989. Member Chemical Manufacturers Association (chairman 1966-1969), International Chamber of C. (trustee United States council 1955-1969), Yale Law School Association (executive committee 1952-1962), Foreign Policy Association (board dirs.1964-1969), Council Foreign Relations, American Academy Diplomacy, Supreme Court History Society (chairman 1983-1989), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jane Gilbert Smith, June 12, 1937. Children: George Gilbert (deceased), David (deceased), Malcolm, Cynthia Shepherd (Mistress Thomas J. Monahan), John Randall, Kenneth.