Eugene V. Rostow

Eugene Rostow
Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
In office
June 30, 1981 – January 12, 1983
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byRalph Earle
Succeeded byKenneth Adelman
5th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
October 14, 1966 – January 20, 1969
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byW. Averell Harriman
Succeeded byU. Alexis Johnson
Personal details
Born
Eugene Victor Debs Rostow

(1913-08-25)August 25, 1913
New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 2002(2002-11-25) (aged 89)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseEdna Greenberg
EducationYale 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.

  1. ^ "Eugene Rostow, 89; Yale Dean, Defender of U.S. On Vietnam". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 2002.