- Collection:
- Dean Rusk oral history collection, 1984-1989
- Title:
- Dean Rusk interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum ca. 1985
- Creator:
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Schoenbaum, Thomas J. - Date of Original:
- 1985
- People:
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Dean Rusk discusses his early career in the U.S. Department of Defense, George C. Marshall, and the U.S. Department of State, including John Foster Dulles, Dean Acheson, and Andrei Gromyko. Rusk also discusses the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, and Israel and Palestine.
Interviewed by Thomas Schoenbaum.
Dean Rusk (1909-1994), attorney and U.S. Secretary of State, was born in Cherokee County, Georgia. Rusk joined the Department of State from 1947-1952 and 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.
Related collections in this repository: Dean Rusk Personal Papers, D.W. Brooks Oral History Collection, Martin Hillenbrand Papers. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL214DROH-RuskG/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Dean Rusk Oral History Collection, OH-Rusk G, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (57.0 min.) : digital, stereo
- Original Collection:
- Dean Rusk Oral History Collection
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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