Harold Brown

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United States Secretary of Defense human physicist statesman

Harold Brown was an American physicist and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Defense → human → physicist → statesman →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in physics → Doctor of Philosophy in physics → Master of Arts in physics →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → National Medal of Science → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Columbia College, Columbia University → Columbia University → Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → United States Air Force → United States Department of Defense →
familyName	Brown →
fieldOfWork	defense policy → nuclear physics → theoretical physics →
gender	male →
givenName	Harold →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
name	Harold Brown →
notableFor	being an American physicist and statesman → serving as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 →
notableWork	contributions to U.S. nuclear strategy during the Cold War → leadership in arms control negotiations →
occupation	academic administrator → government official → physicist →
officeEndTime	1981 →
officeStartTime	1977 →
positionHeld	Director of Defense Research and Engineering → President of California Institute of Technology → United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of the Air Force →
servedUnder	Jimmy Carter →
workedOn	arms control policy → nuclear weapons development → strategic nuclear forces modernization →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur M. Bueche Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Industrial Research Institute Medal →	hasRecipient
Harold Brown →	name
Donald Rumsfeld →	succeededBy