Eugene Rostow | |
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| Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency | |
| In office June 30, 1981 – January 12, 1983 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Ralph Earle |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Adelman |
| 5th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
| In office October 14, 1966 – January 20, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | W. Averell Harriman |
| Succeeded by | U. Alexis Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugene Victor Debs Rostow August 25, 1913 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 2002 (aged 89) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
| Spouse | Edna Greenberg |
| Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) King's College, Cambridge |
Eugene Victor Debs Rostow (August 25, 1913 – November 25, 2002) was an American legal scholar and public servant. He was Dean of Yale Law School and served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the 1970s Rostow was a leader of the movement against détente with Russia and in 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed him director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
- ^ "Eugene Rostow, 89; Yale Dean, Defender of U.S. On Vietnam". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 2002.