Post-secretary Life
After leaving his position, Aspin then joined the faculty of Marquette University's international affairs program in Washington and was affiliated with the Washington-based think-tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In March he became a member of the Commission on Roles and Missions, and in May Clinton chose him to be chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. In March 1995 he began work as chairman of still another study group, this on the Roles and Capabilities of the Intelligence Community.
Aspin had had increasing difficulty during the last years of his life with a congenital heart condition (asymmetric septal hypertrophy; hypertrophic/obstructive cardiomyopathy). It necessitated hospitalization during his tenure as Defense Secretary, with placement of a pacemaker. His cardiac disorder was complicated in May 1995 by a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), which resulted in Dr. Aspin's death on May 21, 1995 in Washington, D.C.. He was interred at Brookfield's Wisconsin Memorial Park cemetery.
Marquette University named its Washington government center in Aspin's honor.
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