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 (6) was March 2013 with an average selling price of $6.23 for an autographed item of Dean Rusk. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $308.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2018. In average, an autographed item from Dean Rusk is worth $15.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dean Rusk were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | As I Saw It (1st Ed, Signed) by Dean Rusk | $31.00 |  |
| As I Saw It (1st Ed, Signed) by Dean Rusk | $31.00 | |
| Dean Rusk / Winds of Freedom Selections from the Speeches Signed 1st ed 1963 | $308.00 | |
| Dean Rusk / Winds of Freedom Selections from the Speeches Signed 1st ed 1963 | $308.00 | |
 | Dean Rusk Signed 3x5 Index Card Autograph US Secretary of State JFK LBJ Vintage | $34.99 | |
| Dean Rusk Signed 3x5 Index Card Autograph US Secretary of State JFK LBJ Vintage | $34.99 | |
| Dean Rusk, US Sec. State under JFK, signed autograph card!. Rare! | $15.99 | |
| Dean Rusk, US Sec. State under JFK, signed autograph card!. Rare! | $15.99 | |
| RED CROSS-#1016 MICHELSON CACHET W/AUTOGRAPH-DEAN RUSK & INFOR ON BACK US FDI | $28.00 | |
| RED CROSS-#1016 MICHELSON CACHET W/AUTOGRAPH-DEAN RUSK & INFOR ON BACK US FDI | $28.00 | |
| TEMPLE WANAMAKER & DEAN RUSK DEPARTMENT OF STATE- LETTER SIGNED AUTO REQUEST | $15.99 | |
 | Vintage 1974 Dean Rusk Signed Letter w Envelope JFK Secretary of State No COA | $34.99 | |
| Vintage 1974 Dean Rusk Signed Letter w Envelope JFK Secretary of State No COA | $34.99 | |
| Vintage 1974 Dean Rusk Signed Letter w Envelope JFK Secretary of State No COA | $39.99 | |
| Vintage 1974 Dean Rusk Signed Letter w Envelope JFK Secretary of State No COA | $39.99 | |
