Ashton Carter

Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American politician, military civillian official and academic. He was the United States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017. He is also a physicist and a former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 93–5, to replace Chuck Hagel as the US Secretary of Defense.

Ash Carter
25th United States Secretary of Defense
In office February 17, 2015 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Robert Work
Preceded by	Chuck Hagel
Succeeded by	James Mattis
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office October 6, 2011 – December 3, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William Lynn
Succeeded by	Christine Fox (Acting)
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
In office April 27, 2009 – October 5, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	John Young
Succeeded by	Frank Kendall
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs
In office June 30, 1993 – September 14, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stephen Hadley
Succeeded by	Jack Crouch (2001)
Personal details
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.
Political party	Democratic[1]
Spouse(s)	Clayton Spencer (divorced) Stephanie DeLeeuw
Relations	Cynthia DeFelice (sister)
Children	2
Alma mater	Yale University (BA) St John's College, Oxford (MS, PhD)

Carter died from a heart attack at his home in Boston, Massachusetts on October 24, 2022, one month after his 68th birthday.^[2][3]

References

1. Cooper, Helene; Sanger, David E.; Landler, Mark (December 5, 2014). "In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
2. de Vries, Karl (October 25, 2022). "Ash Carter, former defense secretary under Obama, dies at 68". CNN. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
3. Risen, Clay (October 25, 2022). "Ashton B. Carter, Defense Secretary Under Obama, Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

Other websites

• Preventive Defense Project Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Ashton B. Carter Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine expert profile at the Belfer Center of Harvard University
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Collected columns at Foreign Affairs magazine
• Works by or about Ashton Carter in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Department of Defense biography