Dean Rusk

Rusk, Dean

Rusk, Dean (1909–1994) U.S. secretary of state during the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and a stalwart defender of the United States's involvement in Vietnam amidst growing opposition to the war. After World War II, Rusk held positions in the state and war departments, and, in 1950, he became assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs and was involved in prosecuting the Korean War, which he supported. From 1952–1960 he served as president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1961 President Kennedy chose him as his secretary of state, and, after Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson kept him on.

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