Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)

U.S. Secretary of Defense

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1927

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jan-2019

Profession: politician, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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).A child prodigy, Brown graduated from the Bronx High School of Science at age 15, and earned a Ph.D.
in physics from Columbia University at age 21.
As Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David Accords, took part in strategic arms negotiations with the Soviet Union and supported, unsuccessfully, ratification of the SALT II treaty.