Famous Secretarys of Defense

• Austin, Lloyd

  The first Black American to be Defense Secretary

• Gates, Robert M.

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011

• Hagel, Chuck

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2013-14

• McNamara, Robert S.

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961-68

• Panetta, Leon

  U.S Secretary of Defense, 2011-13

• Rumsfeld, Donald

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2001-2006

See: Index by Occupation