Ashton Carter (September 24, 1954 - October 24, 2022) was an American physicist and former professor at Harvard University, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. He held the position of Deputy Secretary of Defense from October 2011 to December 2013. Carter was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in February 2015. He was previously involved in defense policy during the Clinton administration and had extensive academic credentials in physics and security studies, authoring over 100 publications. He received the Distinguished Public Service Award for his work in national security.
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Meaning of the name - Ashton
ash tree town, town near ash trees
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Ashton Carter belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Place of Birth: Philadelphia
Place of Death: Boston
Educated At: Trumbull College | Abington Senior High School | Yale College | St John's College | University of Edinburgh
Occupation: physicist | politician
Spouses: Clayton Spencer
Employers: Brookhaven National Laboratory | MIT Center for International Studies | Fermilab | United States Department of Defense | Harvard University
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Fellow of the American Physical Society | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun | Rhodes Scholarship
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Ephemeris for September 24, 1954
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on September 24, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for September 24, 2025 |
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| Sun | 1 Libra 3 | 1 Libra 51 | 11 Sagittarius 58 |
| Moon | 3 Virgo 57 | 3 Scorpio 30 | 27 Pisces 58 |
| Mercury | 24 Libra 15 | 10 Libra 50 | 0 Sagittarius 34 |
| Venus | 15 Scorpio 37 | 6 Virgo 17 | 14 Scorpio 41 |
| Mars | 13 Capricorn 51 | 1 Scorpio 35 | 0 Pisces 13 |
| Jupiter | 25 Cancer 29 | 21 Cancer 39 | 29 Cancer 12 |
| Saturn | 7 Scorpio 48 | 28 Pisces 7 | 16 Scorpio 1 |
| Uranus | 27 Cancer 2 | 1 Gemini 20 | 27 Cancer 18 |
| Neptune | 24 Libra 53 | 0 Aries 42 | 27 Libra 23 |
| Pluto | 25 Leo 49 | 1 Aquarius 26 | 26 Leo 47 |
| Rahu | 10 Capricorn 37 | 17 Pisces 22 | 6 Capricorn 51 |
| Ketu | 10 Cancer 37 | 17 Virgo 22 | 6 Cancer 51 |
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