Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)
Harold Brown (September 19, 1927 – January 4, 2019) was an American scientist and politician. He was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. He last served in the Lyndon Johnson administration as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force.
Harold Brown | |
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| 14th United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office January 21, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Succeeded by | Caspar Weinberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 19, 1927 New York City, NY, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2019 (aged 91) Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Colene Dunning McDowell (m. 1953; 2 children) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Profession | Physicist |
Brown died of pancreatic cancer on January 4, 2019 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, aged 91.[1]
Harold Brown (Secretary Of Defense) Media
Brown as President of the California Institute of Technology in 1970
Brown's official portrait.
Defense Secretary Harold Brown and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General George S. Brown testifies on Capitol Hill in 1977
Secretary of Defense Harold Brown with Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown and Deputy Secretary of Defense Charles W. Duncan Jr and the other members of The Joint Chiefs of Staff at The Pentagon.
Brown and Joseph Luns in Europe (1979)
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References
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (2019-01-05). "Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration, Dies at 91" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
Other websites
Media related to Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense) at Wikimedia Commons
- Annotated Bibliography for Harold Brown from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Archived 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
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