Harold Brown

Harold Brown

Born

September 19, 1927

Died

January 4, 2019 (91 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Harold Brown 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).