RUSK

David Dean Rusk (1909 - ) American statesman; president of the Rockefeller Foundation (1952 - 1960), US secretary of state (1961 - 1969) under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He took a leading role in negotiating for the nuclear test ban treaty (1963) but was a prominent advocate of the Vietnam war (1954 - 1975). —SHSBC Binder 25 Approved Glossary

David Dean Rusk (1909 - ) American statesman; president of the Rockefeller Foundation (1952 - 1960), US secretary of state (1961 - 1969) under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He took a leading role in negotiating for the nuclear test ban treaty (1963) but was a prominent advocate of the Vietnam war (1954 - 1975).