Dean Rusk Autographs

David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the head of a leading foundation.
Born to a poor farm family in Cherokee County, Georgia, on February 9, 1909, Rusk graduated from Davidson College and was a Rhodes scholar at St John's College, Oxford, where he immersed himself in English history and customs. After teaching at Mills College in California, he became an army officer in the war against Japan. He served as a staff officer in the China Burma India Theater, becoming a senior aide to Joseph Stilwell, the top American general. As a civilian, he became a senior official in 1945 at the State Department, rising to the number-three position under Dean Acheson. He became Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs in 1950. In 1952, Rusk left to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
After Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election, he asked Rusk to serve as secretary of state. Rusk was a quiet advisor to Kennedy, rarely making his own views known to other officials. He supported diplomatic efforts during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and though he initially expressed doubts about the escalation of the U.S. role in the Vietnam War, he became known as one of its strongest supporters. Asked to stay on by President Lyndon Johnson after Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Rusk was known to be a favorite of Johnson's. He left the secretary role in January 1969, and taught international relations at the University of Georgia School of Law.
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Traded items with a signature of Dean Rusk

The most expensive item with a signature of Dean Rusk (John F.Kennedy and Dean Rusk Autographed Certificate) was sold in November 2015 for $1,525.00 while the cheapest item (Dean Rusk was the U S Secretary of State from 1961 - 1969 Hand Signed Index Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $4.95 for an autographed item of Dean Rusk. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $140.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.90 was November 2019. In average, an autographed item from Dean Rusk is worth $14.75.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Dean Rusk were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Dean Rusk - FMR. Sec. of State -8x10 Pamplet- Signed | Autograph	$58.98
	Dean Rusk - FMR. Sec. of State -8x10 Pamplet- Signed | Autograph	$58.98
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$53.03
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$53.03
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$52.73
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$52.73
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$52.53
	Dean Rusk Secretary Of State Jsa Authenticated Signed Fdc Certed Autograph	$52.53
	Dean Rusk Secretary of State under JFK & LBJ SIGNED JFK First Day Cover 1967	$30.00
	Dean Rusk Signed Cut Secretary of State Signed Political Autograph PSA/ DNA	$55.48
	Dean Rusk Signed Cut Secretary of State Signed Political Autograph PSA/ DNA	$55.48
	SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Rusk SIGNED Book, “Foreign Service of the United States”	$140.00
	SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Rusk SIGNED Book, “Foreign Service of the United States”	$140.00
	U. Alexis Johnson Signed Letter - American Diplomat; Re Dean Rusk	$31.00
	U. Alexis Johnson Signed Letter - American Diplomat; Re Dean Rusk	$31.00