United States, 39.76, -98.5Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994Schoenbaum, Thomas J.Rusk, Richard1986-06Interviewed by Richard Rusk and 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.Dean Rusk discusses U.S. foreign relations with Africa, India, Russia, and Canada, as well as the United Nations (UN) and the Department of State.This interview is a continuation of Rusk QQQQQQ.Related collections in this repository: Dean Rusk Personal Papers, D.W. Brooks Oral History Collection, Martin Hillenbrand Papers.audio/mpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlDean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk and Thomas Schoenbaum. June 1986Sound