Ashton B. Carter Professorship
The Belfer Center is raising funds to endow the Ashton B. Carter Professorship of Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. This position will recruit a new Harvard faculty member whose deep expertise and experience will continue former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Belfer Center Director Ashton B. Carter's mission at the intersection of emerging technology, scientific innovation, and global policy.
The Belfer family has generously agreed to match up to $5 million raised for the Ash Carter Chair in order to expedite reaching our goal and realizing the vision of the Ash Carter Chair. With your collective support we endeavor to reach our full funding goal by Harvard Commencement 2025.
The Ashton B. Carter Professorship: A Legacy of Impact
Ash Carter championed -- and uniquely embodied -- the need for future leaders to be fluent in both the technical aspects of scientific innovations and emerging technologies that are shaping society, as well as the policy debates and potential tools being generated to address these challenges. Our vision is that the endowed chair will carry forward this tradition of interdisciplinary expertise at the intersection of emerging technology, scientific innovation, and global policy.
Ash’s legacy is defined by his impact on people, and we’re honoring that by building a professorship that reflects a collective commitment of all who believe in his vision. The Belfer family has pledged to match every donation up to $5 million for the Ash Carter Chair, making your support go even further.
Join us in reaching our funding goal by Harvard Commencement 2025 and help extend Ash’s mission for generations to come.
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A Legacy of Impact
At the Harvard Kennedy School, Ash was renowned for his teaching and mentorship.
Pictured: Ash teaching class in 1985.
Pictured: Ash Carter and Sam Nunn, in 1992, after establishing the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program as the Nunn-Lugar amendment.
Pictured: Ash welcomes a new class of students, fellows and staff at Belfer Center Fall Orientation, 2016.
Pictured: Ash welcomes students during Fall semester, 2018.
Pictured: Ash at an open house for the Technology and Public Purpose project, 2018.