Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)
U.S. Secretary of Defense (1927-2019)
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 | New York City, NY, U.S. | September 19, 1927
Died | January 4, 2019 Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. | (aged 91)
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]
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