Rusk, Dean
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Rusk, Dean
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Dean Rusk (1909-1994), secretary of state under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, is the namesake of Davidson’s international studies program and was the school’s sixth Rhodes Scholar.
Rusk was born on a farm in Cherokee County, Georgia, the son of Davidson alumnus Robert Hugh Rusk, Class of 1894. At age four, his family moved to Atlanta, where Rusk spent his boyhood and attended high school.
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1909
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1994
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United States Secretary of State: 1961-1969
