Rusk Center Dedication
On October 28, 1977 a dedication ceremony took place for the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law (now the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy). The ceremony was also attended by Governor Georgia Busbee and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. At the ceremony both Dean Rusk and George Ball (Undersecretary of State to Secretary of State Rusk) spoke.
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Dean Rusk Dedication Speech:
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George Ball Dedication Speech:
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More information and photographs can be found in Advocate, Spring 1978 (page 12-15). The ceremony was also covered in The Red & Black, and an image of the newspaper including photo of Dean Rusk speaking can be found courtesy of the Digital Library of Georgia Historic Newspapers. It was published October 31, 1977 and includes a photograph of Dean Rusk addressing the crowd at the center's dedication ceremony. Rusk was quoted saying "I'll never write memoirs". Digitization of this image is thanks to the Digital Library of Georgia's Historic Newspapers project. View it full screen in their collection, or explore all pages of this issue from October 1977.
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