Rusk

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Rusk is a surname most notably associated with Dean Rusk, who served as United States Secretary of State during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

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Rusk canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
surname
appointedBy John F. Kennedy
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-02-09
dateOfDeath 1994-12-20
educatedAt Davidson College
Rhodes Scholarship
linked to: Rhodes Scholars

St John’s College, Oxford
employer Rockefeller Foundation
United States Army
United States Department of State
University of Georgia
familyName Rusk
fieldOfWork foreign policy
international relations
givenName David
hasNameInNativeLanguage Dean Rusk
hasNotableBearer Dean Rusk
languageOfOrigin English language
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
notableWork U.S. foreign policy during the Johnson administration
U.S. foreign policy during the Kennedy administration
occupation diplomat
politician
participantIn Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War policymaking
placeOfBirth Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Athens, Georgia, United States
linked to: Athens, Georgia
positionHeld United States Secretary of State
precededBy Christian Herter
reappointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
residence Georgia, United States
linked to: Georgia

Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
succeededBy William P. Rogers
termEnd 1969-01-20
termStart 1961-01-21

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Dean Rusk familyName Rusk
Dean Rusk familyName Rusk
subject linked to: Rusk