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Ash Carter in Photos

Nov. 02, 2022

Ash Carter: A Celebration of Life Slideshow – The Memorial Church, Harvard University – February 8, 2023

A headshot of Professor Ash Carter in the 1980s.
Ash Carter speaks at the Belfer Center Orientation 2019.
Ash Carter speaks with students after class. (Jessica Scranton)
Ash Carter and Dorothy Zinberg at an event in the Malkin Penthouse.
Ashton B. Carter, then U.S. Secretary of Defense and former Belfer Center director, sitting beside Dean Douglas Elmendorf and Meghan O'Sullivan, listens thoughtfully to ideas presented by invited members of the Belfer Center community during a breakfast meeting in the Malkin Penthouse.
Ash Carter teaches a class at Harvard Kennedy School in 1985.
Belfer Center founder Paul Doty, Ash Carter, and Kevin Ryan listen to a talk by former Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch.
Secretary Carter visits Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. (Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Secretary Ash Carter speaks with President Obama during a meeting. (Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Ash Carter, Steven Miller, Mark Moore, and John Park flank former Prime Minister and former acting President of South Korea Goh Kun.
Graham Allison, Ash Carter, and Joseph Nye speak at the Belfer Center, each having served time as Director of the Center.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, Commander Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve as they fly to the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq in a UH-60 helicopter. (Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Ash Carter makes a surprise appearance during a National Security Fellows meeting with Gen. John Hyten in 2018.
Ash Carter and the students of his fall 2018 class IGA 505: Practical Solutions For Technology's Public Dilemmas.
Ash Carter with his 2019 class at HKS: IGA-505 / SEAS-ENG SCI 298R: Solving Tech's Public Dilemmas.
Ash Carter with his class.
Ash Carter with his spring 2022 class.
A signed note of gratitude from President Clinton to Ash Carter.
Ash Carter holding up a t-shart that reads "where new thinking prospers" as the Center for Science and International Affairs Director in 1990. (Martha Stewart)
Ash Carter and Secretary Bill Perry in Ukraine.
Ash Carter speaks during a meeting aboard Defense Secretary Perry's plane.
Ash Carter at Fermi National Lab.
Ash Carter looks on as Defense Secretary Bill Perry complete a ceremony in Ukraine.
Secretary or Defense James Mattis unveils the official portrait of Former Secretary Ash Carter during a ceremony at the Pentagon in 2018. (Amber I. Smith, Sgt/DoD)
Graham Allison leads the applause for Ash Carter during a JFK Jr. Forum event in 2015.
Ash Carter and Graham Allison smile during a JFK Jr. Forum event in 2015.
Sarah Baker, Eric Rosenbach, Ash Carter, and Graham Allison pose for a photo prior to a Forum event in 2015. (Martha Stewart)
Ash Carter and then U.S. Secretary of Defense Bill Perry stand in front of a Soviet nuclear missile in Ukraine in 1996.
Ash Carter and his wife Stephanie prior to a JFK Jr. Forum event in 2017. (Martha Stewart)
Ash Carter makes a point during a JFK Jr. Forum event in 2018 with Reid Hoffman and Latanya Sweeney. (Martha Stewart)
Ash Carter and his wife Stephanie with Christine Lagarde at a dinner in 2017. (Martha Stewart)
Former Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Ash Carter smile as Carter is acknowledged during a Forum event in 2017. (Martha Stewart)
Former Director of both the CIA and the NSA Gen. Michael Hayden sits with Belfer Center Director Ash Carter before speaking at an Intelligence Project seminar.
Former Secretaries of Defense Bill Perry and Ash Carter on their way to a meeting.
Ash Carter writes on the blackboard while teaching a class at Harvard Kennedy School. (Jessica Scranton)
Ash Carter appears at an event with Gen. Robert B. Neller via pre-recorded video message in 2019.
Ash Carter speaks with Robert Belfer at the Belfer Center's International Council meeting in 2019.
Ash Carter speaks with Elissa Slotkin during a Belfer Center Board lunch in 2018.
Gen. Stephen J. Townsend and Ash Carter meet in Carter's office at Harvard's Belfer Center.
Eric Rosenbach and Ash Carter hosting the Belfer Center's International Council dinner in 2018. (Martha Stewart)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hugs Graham Allison during a visit to the Belfer Center in 2016
Ash Carter speaks with Dorothy Zinberg prior to a Forum in 2017. (Martha Stewart)
Ash and Stephanie Carter speak with James Schlesinger and Graham Allison at a dinner in 2011. (Barrett)
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter welcomes French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian to the Harvard Kennedy School prior to a public event.
Professor Carter speaks with a student in 1985.
Ash Carter and Bill Perry at the Forum in 2003. (Tom Fitzsimmons)
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter, speaks during the presentation of the MRAP all terrain vehicle (M-ATV) at the Pentagon, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (Creator: Manuel Balce Ceneta/DoD)
Senator Richard Lugar speaks with Ash Carter at a Belfer Center event in 1992. (Richard Chase)
Ash Carter and Chuck Hagel at a Belfer Center event in 1998. (Mike Riddel)
Ash Carter and Eric Rosenbach talk while standing outside of the Taubman building at Harvard Kennedy School.
Ash Carter and Senator Sam Nunn at a Belfer Center event in 1992. (Martha Stewart)
President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford render honors during the playing of taps at a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. (Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Secretary Carter meets with troops stationed at Minot Air Force Base. (Brigitte N. Brantley/DoD)
Ash Carter teaches at a one-day workshop hosted by the Technology and Public Purpose Project in conjunction with the Arthur Rock Center at Harvard Business School.
Secretary Ash Carter with Robert Belfer at the Eisenhower Award Dinner. (Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Secretary Ash Carter looks on as President Obama congratulates Gen. Joseph Dunford.
Secretary Carter greets Obama during the President's visit to the Pentagon.
Ash Carter speaks with Angelina Jolie at an event in London. (Staff Sgt. Brigitte Brantley/DoD)
Former Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter attends a reception in his honor moments after he is announced as the new Director of the Belfer Center, taking over from Graham Allison.
Belfer Center Director Ash Carter poses with former British Prime Minister David Cameron as Cameron's aide takes a photo.
Belfer Center Director Ash Carter holds his last study group of the semester at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) Boston location.
Ash Carter speaks at a HUBweek event at Harvard's Innovation Lab.
Ash Carter and Technology and Public Purpose Project Director Laura Manely walk through the halls of the U.S. Capitol prior to an event TAPP hosted on "Big Tech and Democracy."
Ash Carter teaches at a one-day workshop hosted by the Technology and Public Purpose Project in conjunction with the Arthur Rock Center at Harvard Business School.
Ash speaks to the 2019-2020 IGA student fellows.
Ash with the 2019-2020 IGA student fellows.
Ash Carter speaks on a panel during a screening of "The Great Hack."
United States Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks in conversation with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director Nicholas Burns and Belfer Center Director Ash Carter.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford meets with Ash Carter, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, at Carter's office at the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School.
Harvard President Drew Faust meets with Belfer Center Director Ash Carter in his office.
Ash shows memorabilia on his office walls to Pete Souza, the official White House photographer for Obama and Reagan.
Ash introduces General Stephen J. Townsend, Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, during a Belfer Center Director’s lunch.
Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf.
The 2018-2019 IGA Student Fellows Alexandra Bruer, Daniel Bicknell, Casey Corcoran, Bo Julie Crowley, Raina Davis, Ralph Grossmann, Allison Lazarus, Amy Robinson, and Jenna Stark meet with Ash Carter and Eric Rosenbach.
Ash joins Former Defense Secretary Bill Perry for an episode of the "At the Brink" podcast hosted by Lisa Perry.
Ash sits for an interview with PBS' FRONTLINE.
General Raymond A. Thomas III, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Ash Carter, Director, Belfer Center.
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