Retirement
Rusk received both the Sylvanus Thayer Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Following his retirement, he taught international law at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia (1970–1984). He died in Athens on December 20, 1994. He and his wife are buried at Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. His granddaughter Monica Maghini lives in Vermont with her son Daniel and daughter Dylan.
Rusk Eating House, the first women’s eating house at Davidson College, was founded in 1977 and is named in his honor. The Dean Rusk International Studies Program at Davidson College is also named in his honor.
Dean Rusk Middle School, located in Canton, Georgia, was named in his honor, as was Dean Rusk Hall on the campus of the University of Georgia.
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