Description: (Politician)
Dean Rusk was a significant figure in American government and foreign relations. He held high-ranking positions in the State Department in the 1940s and early 1950s before becoming president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Appointed as Secretary of State by President Kennedy, Rusk played crucial roles in diplomatic efforts like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. He supported Johnson's administration and later left his Secretary role in 1969 to teach international relations at the University of Georgia School of Law.