Harold Brown (politician)

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Harold Brown

Harold Brown (born September 19, 1927 in New York City , † January 4, 2019 in Rancho Santa Fe ) was an American nuclear physicist and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Brown served as Secretary of Defense from January 21, 1977 to January 20, 1981 under President Jimmy Carter . Previously, he had under President Lyndon B. Johnson of already the position of United States Secretary of the Air Force (Secretary of the Air Force ) exercised.

In 1960 and 1961 he was director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and from 1969 to 1977 he served as director of the California Institute of Technology .

In 1969 Brown was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1977 to the National Academy of Sciences .

Web links

Biography of the Air Force about Harold Brown (English)
Department of Defense Biography of Harold Brown ( August 7, 2009 memento on Internet Archive )
Harold Brown in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Harold Brown in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved March 27, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Brown, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	4th January 2019
Place of death	Rancho Santa Fe