Kenneth Rush

David Kenneth Rush ( born January 17, 1910 in Walla Walla, Washington; † December 11, 1994 in Delray Beach, Florida) was an American business manager and diplomat, who was for a time also Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States.

Life

Rush, son of a farmer who died in 1912, studied post-school history at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Arts. A subsequent study of law at the Law School of Yale University, he finished 1932 with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) and was during his studies, member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic connection. After his subsequent attorney's approval in 1932, he was employed as an attorney at the law firm Chadbourne, Stanchfield and Levy before he was then from 1936 to 1937 professor of law at Duke University.

In 1937 he transferred to the private sector and joined the chemical company Union Carbide, where he became vice president in 1949. In addition, he was from 1958 to 1969 not only a member of the Board of Directors of Union Carbide, but 1961-1966 and Executive Vice President and then subsequently to 1969, President and Chief Operating Officer ( COO) of the company. In addition to his activities there he was in 1963 administrator of the Development Council of the University of Tennessee. Besides Rush, who also spent time working for the Council on Foreign Relations was, 1964-1969 Director of the Foreign Policy Association.

During the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford Rush took over many tasks in the government as well as in the diplomatic service. First, he was in 1969 ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in July. After his return to the U.S. he was a follower of David Packard February 1972 to February 1973 Deputy Secretary of Defense and as such exposed to Azorian project to salvage the sunken Soviet submarine K -129 from the ocean floor more critical of than its predecessor.

Subsequently, he was deputy from February 1973 to May 1974 Foreign Minister. After a short period from May to September 1974 at the White House staff as an advisor to the U.S. President on economic policy matters, he was ambassador to France and held this post until the end of the term of office of Gerald Ford in 1977.

He then returned to the private sector and in 1977 a member of the board of directors of El Paso Corporation. In addition, Rush was 1979-1984 Chairman of the Atlantic Council, a non-governmental organization, which has set itself the goal is "to promote constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international relations, which play a central role in the Atlantic community " one.

His writings and correspondence found in the archive of the University of Tennessee.