Ash Carter

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1954-09-24

• Died

  2022-10-24

• Awards

  Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025), DOD Distinguished Public Service Medal (5 awards), Defense Intelligence Medal

• Education

  Yale University (BA in Physics and Medieval History); Oxford University (PhD in Theoretical Physics)

• Full Name

  Ashton Baldwin Carter

• Birth Place

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

• Death Place

  Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

• Publications

  11 books and over 100 articles

• Academic Title

  Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs

Timeline

• Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Source: Wikidata)

  1954-09-24

• Joined the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1984-01-01

• Appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, serving until 1996. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1993-01-01

• Began service as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2009-04-27

• Assumed the role of Deputy Secretary of Defense. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-10-06

• Sworn in as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-02-17

• Opened all military occupations and positions to women without exception. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2016-01-01

• Passed away in Boston, Massachusetts. (Source: Belfer Center)

  2022-10-24

• Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-01

Ash Carter

Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. Carter began his career as a physicist. After a brief experience as an analyst for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, he switched careers to public policy. He joined the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1984 and became chair of the International & Global Affairs faculty. Carter served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy during President Clinton's first term, from 1993 to 1996, responsible for policy regarding the former Soviet states, strategic affairs, and nuclear weapons. During President Obama's first term, Carter served first as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and then Deputy Secretary of Defense until December 2013. In February 2015, he replaced Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense and served in that capacity until the end of the Obama administration. During his tenure, he ended the ban on transgender officers in the military. In 2016, Carter opened all military occupations and positions to women without exception. For his service to national security, Carter was awarded the DOD Distinguished Public Service Medal five times. He also received the CJCS Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award and the Defense Intelligence Medal. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025 by President Joe Biden. Carter was author or co-author of eleven books and more than 100 articles on physics, technology, national security, and management.

Web Search Results

• Ash Carter | Encyclopedia MDPI

  ## 1. Introduction Ashton Baldwin Carter (born September 24, 1954) is an American politician, physicist and former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in December 2014 and confirmed in February 2015 by the Senate to replace Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. [...] More ©Text is available under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons-Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Ash Carter Name: Ash Carter Born: Sep 1954 Died: Oct 2022 Birth Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Titles: Politician Physicist Affiliation: Unknown Honor: Unknown Upload a video for this entry Information Subjects: Others Contributor MDPI registered users' name will be linked to their SciProfiles pages. To register with us, please refer to : HandWiki View Times: 1.9K Entry Collection: HandWiki Revisions: 3 times (View History) Update Date: 28 Nov 2022 Table of Contents [...] From 1993 to 1996, Carter served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy during President Clinton's first term. He was responsible for strategic affairs, including dealing with the threat of weapons of mass destruction elsewhere in the world, nuclear weapons policy (including overseeing the U.S. nuclear arsenal and missile defenses), the 1994 Nuclear Posture Review, the Agreed Framework signed in 1994 which froze North Korea's plutonium-producing nuclear reactor program, the 1995 extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the negotiation of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and the multibillion-dollar Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program and Project Sapphire that removed all nuclear weapons from Ukraine , Kazakhstan, and Belarus

• Ash Carter | The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

  Explore the Latest U.S. China Relations Energy Artificial Intelligence Ukraine Science & Tech Middle East & North Africa Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world HARVARD Kennedy School - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs # Ash Carter Ash Carter, Director of the Belfer Center and the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense, passed away on October 24, 2022. Until the time of his death, Carter was the Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. At Harvard Kennedy School, he led the Technology and Public Purpose project and served as the Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs. [...] Carter was the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017 (when he returned to the Belfer Center to serve as Director), after serving as the number two (“COO”) and number three (“weapons czar”) positions in the Pentagon. For over 35 years inside government under presidents of both political parties as well as in the private sector. He was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Department’s highest civilian honor, on five separate occasions. 305  results Filter by Your search did not return any results. Please try another search. ## Ash Carter’s Lessons from ISIS for Israel’s Campaign Against Hamas by Graham Allison Article from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School [...] Ash Carter speaking at a Harvard Kennedy School JFK Jr. Forum on March 28, 2017. Martha Stewart ## The Legacy of Ash Carter Fall 2022 by Sharon Wilke Blog Post from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Carter standing at a podium in front of crimson Belfer Center backdrops. ## In Memoriam: Ash Carter's Critical Role in Nuclear Security and Policy by George A. Krol Article from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

• [PDF] Fact Sheet: Ash Carter, Nominee for Secretary of Defense - DPC

  Advisory Board, and the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. Dr. Carter is also a highly regarded science and technology expert: Dr. Carter is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Diplomacy and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Physical Society. Dr. Carter earned bachelor's degrees in physics and in medieval history from Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Ash Carter’s nomination has strong bipartisan support. On February 10, 2015, Dr. Carter’s nomination was reported favorably by a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 25 – 0 by the members of the Senate Armed Services [...] of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Chairman of the Editorial Board of International Security. Previously, he held positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and Rockefeller University. Carter has served on various advisory boards critical to national security policy formulation: Dr. Carter is a member of the President’s Management Council and the National Council on Federal-Labor-Management Relations. He has previously served on the White House Government Accountability and Transparency Board, the Defense Science Board, the Defense Policy Board, the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board, and the Congressional Commission on [...] Distinguished Service Medal. For his contributions to intelligence, Dr. Carter was awarded the Defense Intelligence Medal. Carter has also made exceptional contributions in business and academia: Prior to his most recent government service, Dr. Carter was chair of the International and Global Affairs faculty at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project. Dr. Carter was also Senior Partner at Global Technology Partners, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, a member of the Board of Trustees of the MITRE Corporation and the Advisory Boards of MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories and the Draper Laboratory, and an advisor to Goldman Sachs. From 1990 until 1993, Dr. Carter was Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at

• The passing of Ash Carter | Harvard Kennedy School

  As secretary of defense, Ash Carter oversaw the military campaign against ISIL, an increased focus on the Asia-Pacific region, a new cyber strategy, and a stronger NATO response to Russia. He devoted significant attention to investments in technology, including the creation of tech hubs to connect the military with private-sector technology experts. And he focused on improving the recruitment and retention of talented people, in part by opening all military positions to women without exception. During the past few years, he remained a very important public voice and private adviser on matters of national security and international relations. [...] The United States and the world know Ash Carter for his lifelong efforts to serve this country, to defend the best values of this country, and to build a safer world for all people. Between 1993 and 1996, he served as assistant secretary of defense for international security policy; one of his key activities in that role was the denuclearization of Ukraine, a subject on which he spoke a good deal of late. From 2010 to 2017, he served successively as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics; deputy secretary of defense; and secretary of defense. [...] Ash Carter has been an important leader of the Kennedy School during the past five years—supporting faculty recruitment, helping to expand our curriculum on technology and public policy, creating a project called Technology and Public Purpose, and partnering with me in various collaborative efforts. Ash was devoted to our students: He said that one key reason he returned here was his experience at the Defense Department of visiting abroad and being greeted with the salutation “Hello Professor Carter” from his former students—so he wanted to come back and work with more students, and he helped to raise funds for student fellowships. Ash has been a leader at Harvard more broadly as well. For example, he and Frank Doyle, the dean of Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied

• Remarks at a Memorial Service for Former Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter | The American Presidency Project

  Ash was a scientist, first and always. A truth seeker, a teacher. That training shaped his leadership. And he sought to understand a problem from every angle. He took the time then to explain his thinking. And he never let politics or expediency color his recommendation. He always followed where the facts led him. And sometimes there were places we didn't want to go. That's what made his counsel so valuable to President Obama and to me, as Vice President, and so many other leaders. Ash felt a duty to deliver his best possible analysis and recommendation with exceptional candor, with exceptional discretion, and above all, with exceptional integrity. [...] Remember Emerson: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." And it was a long shadow. Or as Ash sometimes told his students, "You are my legacy now." You are my legacy now. And how many of them are. Each of us here today—generations of national security leaders, decades of eager and brilliant students, the entire Armed Forces of the United States of America—we all will forever bear the imprint of Ash Carter, thank God. May we continue to carry the legacy of Ash with us in our hearts. May we be guided by his foresight, his ferocious mind, fortified by his integrity. And may we always seek the truth. May we always strive to be of service. [...] I stand here today as Commander in Chief of, as Ash always said, the "finest fighting force the world has ever known." And that is not hyperbole. The finest fighting force the world has ever known. A force made stronger and more inclusive by Ash's principles and convictions. A force made up of warriors who are safer because of Ash's determination to protect them and give them what they needed. A force and a department forever shaped by Ash's far-reaching vision and his relentless—relentless—innovation.

• Award

  Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University of Edinburgh

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  politician

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  9/24/1954

• Date Of Death

  10/24/2022

• Place Of Birth

  Philadelphia

• Place Of Death

  Boston