| 1909 | BORN | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | | 365 |
| 1931 | GRADUATED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | From Davidson College. | 40 |
| 1934 | GRADUATED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | From Oxford with a Masters Degree. He was a Rhodes Scholar. | 41 |
| 1947 | APPOINTED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | Assistant Secretary of State. | 44 |
| 1952 | ELECTED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | President of the Rockefeller Foundation - a position he held until 1960 when he was appointed Secretary of State. | 47 |
| 1960 | APPOINTED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | Secretary of State by John F. Kennedy. He continued to serve under Lyndon Johnson until Johnson left office in 1969. | 49 |
| 1994 | DIED | David Dean Rusk [8048] | | Athens, Georgia. Interred at Oconee Hills Cemetery. Died of Congestive Heart Failure. | 960 |