Kenneth Rush

Kenneth Rush
United States Ambassador to France
In office November 21, 1974 – March 14, 1977
President	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	John N. Irwin II
Succeeded by	Arthur A. Hartman
Counselor to the President
In office May 29, 1974 – September 19, 1974
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Anne Armstrong
Succeeded by	Robert T. Hartmann John Otho Marsh Jr.
2nd United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office February 2, 1973 – May 29, 1974
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	John N. Irwin II
Succeeded by	Robert S. Ingersoll
14th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office February 23, 1972 – January 29, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	David Packard
Succeeded by	Bill Clements
United States Ambassador to West Germany
In office July 22, 1969 – February 20, 1972
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Succeeded by	Martin J. Hillenbrand
Personal details
Born	January 17, 1910 Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.
Died	December 11, 1994(1994-12-11) (aged 84) Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jane Gilbert Smith ​ ​ (m. 1947⁠–⁠1994)​
Children	6
Education	University of Tennessee (BA) Yale University (LLB)

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David Kenneth Rush (January 17, 1910 – December 11, 1994) was a United States Ambassador who helped negotiate the groundbreaking Four-Power Agreement in 1971 that ended the post-war crisis over Berlin.^[1]