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Georgia Regents Probe Rusk Appointment At University
Georgia Regents meet in a special session to consider Dean Rusk for international law professor at the University of Georgia. The offer was made by President Fred C. Davison without full regent knowledge, drawing opposition from several regents and Gov. Lester Maddox. Controversy centers on Rusk’s liberal views and his Kennedy and Johnson era roles, plus his daughter’s marriage to a Black man. The move triggers potential board upheaval and future appointments before Maddox’s term ends in 1971.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Board of Regents
Dean Rusk
University of Georgia
Rusk
Fred C. Davison
Lester Maddox
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Margaret Elizabeth
Guy Gibson Smith
Stanford University
Tegents
Davison
George L. Simpson
Roy Harris
Anton Solms
Savannah
Maddox
H. G. Pattillo
John A. Bell Jr
Dublin