David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early ...

2025年2月5日 · Dean Rusk (born February 9, 1909, Cherokee county, Georgia, U.S.—died December 20, 1994, Athens, Georgia) was the U.S. secretary of state during the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations who became a target of antiwar hostility as he consistently defended the United States’ participation in the Vietnam War.

2003年10月20日 · Dean Rusk served as U.S. secretary of state from 1961 to 1969, the second longest tenure in that office (after Cordell Hull, 1933-44). He was only the second Georgian to be named to the office; the first was John Forsyth in 1833.

David Dean Rusk served as Secretary of State under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Rusk entered into duty as Secretary on January 21, 1961, and resigned on January 20, 1969.

David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the second-longest serving U.S. Secretary of State of all time, behind only Cordell Hull and tied with William H. Seward.

As U.S. secretary of state from 1961 to 1969, Dean Rusk was one of America's major Vietnam War policy makers. Rusk supported U.S. military involvement in Vietnam because he viewed the conflict as an important test of America's determination to contain communism around the world.

David Dean Rusk (1909 - 1994) served as U.S. secretary of state from 1961 to 1969, the second longest tenure in that office (after Cordell Hull, 1933-44). He was only the second Georgian to be named to the office.

In 1960, President John F. Kennedy appointed Dean Rusk as secretary of state, a post he would hold from January 1961 through January 1969. His most notable contributions in that capacity included his participation in negotiations for the 1963 test ban treaty and in conferences on the Berlin situation; he also supported economic and military ...

Rusk, (David) Dean ( b . 9 February 1909 in Cherokee County, Georgia; d . 20 December 1994 in Athens, Georgia), fifty-fourth secretary of state, serving from 1961 to 1969 in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; he was the most articulate defender of United States participation in the Vietnam War and thus became a major ...

Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 Authoritative Name: Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 Biography: "Rusk served as U.S. secretary of state from 1961 to 1969, the second longest tenure in that office (after Cordell Hull, 1933-44). He was only the second Georgian to be named to the office; the first was John Forsyth in 1833.