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Harold Brown
Secretary of Defense · 1977
Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense.
Positions
- Secretary of Defense1977-01-21–1981-01-20
Biography
Harold Brown (September 19, 1927 – January 4, 2019) was an American nuclear physicist who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981, under President Jimmy Carter. Previously, in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations, he held the posts of Director of Defense Research and Engineering (1961–1965) and United States Secretary of the Air Force (1965–1969).
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