United States, 39.76, -98.5Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994Rusk, RichardSchoenbaum, Thomas J.Sohn, Louis B.1985Dean Rusk discusses the United Nations, including person anecdotes, the officials and employees of General Assembly and the Security Council, and the proceedings of the Security Council.Interview by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Louis Sohn.Related collections in this repository: Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Dean Rusk collection; Parks Rusk collection; and Dean Rusk personal papers.Dean Rusk (1909-1994), attorney, U.S. Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia. Rusk joined the Department of State from 1947-1952 as Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs and for Far Eastern Affairs. From 1952-1960 he was president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1961, President Kennedy appointed Rusk to the office of Secretary of State. He remained in this position until 1969. In 1970, he became the Samuel H. Sibley Professor of International Law at the University of Georgia, a position he held until his death in 1994.audio/mpegRBRL214DROH-RuskDDDDhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlUnited Nations--History--20th centuryDean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk, Thomas Schoenbaum, and Louis Sohn, Part 1, ca. 1985SoundText