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Ash Carter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on September 24, 1954. Public records list Ash Carter as a politician, physicist and university teacher. Death is recorded on October 24, 2022, at the age of 68. Education on record includes Abington Senior High School and Yale College. Recorded honors include Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Rhodes Scholarship (1976) and 2 more.
My Take
Ash Carter is a rare type to me: a physicist who ended up running the Pentagon. Trained at Yale and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, he started in hard science before becoming the 25th US Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017. I find that combination telling, a defense leader who actually understood the technology he was deciding about. His 2019 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun hints at how seriously allies took him. After government he led Harvard's Belfer Center. Carter died in 2022 at 68, and the loss of that scientist-statesman blend feels hard to replace.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ash Carter
- Name (Japanese)
- アシュトン・カーター
- Reading
- あしゅとん・かーたー
- Born
- September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- politician / physicist / university teacher
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
2. Background
- High school
- Abington Senior High School
- University
- Yale College
Awards & achievements
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1976 Rhodes Scholarship
- 1988 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
- 2019 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ash Carter born?
Born September 24, 1954.
When did Ash Carter die?
Died October 24, 2022, aged 68.
Where was Ash Carter from?
Ash Carter was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
What did Ash Carter do?
Ash Carter worked as politician, physicist, university teacher.
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