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Also known as Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter, Ashton Baldwin Carter, Ashton B. Carter, Ashton Carter

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Ashton Carter was an American politician, physicist, and university teacher. He served as the United States Secretary of Defense and the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. His career included roles at Harvard University, the United States Department of Defense, Fermilab, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was affiliated with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Born in Philadelphia in 1954, Carter was educated at Yale College, the University of Edinburgh, and St John's College. He was a member of the Democratic Party and belonged to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received the Rhodes Scholarship, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He died in Boston in 2022 from natural causes. He spoke English and had two children.

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Film & TV

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

  • VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray — Self2017
  • StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self2015
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014

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Key facts

President
Barack Obama
Deputy
Robert O. Work
Preceded by
Chuck Hagel
Succeeded by
Jim Mattis
Secretary
Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel
Born
Ashton Baldwin Carter , ( 1954-09-24 ) September 24, 1954, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S.
Died
October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24) (aged 68), Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
Party
Democratic
Spouses
Clayton Spencer ​ ( divorced ) ​ Stephanie DeLeeuw
Relations
Cynthia DeFelice (sister)
Education
Yale University ( BA ) St John's College, Oxford ( DPhil )
Thesis
Hard processes in perturbative QCD (1979)
Doctoral advisor
Christopher Llewellyn Smith

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Carter
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Boston
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Ashton Carter DOD photo.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Ashton Carter
date of birth
1954-09-24
name in native language
Ashton Carter
date of death
2022-10-24
manner of death
natural causes
affiliation string
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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