United States, 39.76, -98.5Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994Rusk, Richard1985Dean 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 diplomats, the staff of U.S. Presidents, and United States foreign relations in 1945.Related collections in this repository: Dean Rusk Personal Papers, D.W. Brooks Oral History Collection, Martin Hillenbrand Papers.This interview is continued on Rusk TT.Interviewed by Richard Rusk.audio/mpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Dean Rusk Oral History Collectionhttp://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL214DROH-ead.xmlDiplomatsUnited States--Foreign relationsDiplomatic relationsUnited StatesDean Rusk interviewed by Richard Rusk. ca. 1985Sound