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Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist who served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.
Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He directs the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
Sep 27, 2022 · The speakers both poked fun at Harvard’s twenty-seventh president, from 2001 to 2006, and highlighted his signal impacts on the institution. The large portrait—more than five feet high, framed—was painted by Steven Polson, who specializes in notable leaders.
Feb 4, 2022 · Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard’s Charles W. Eliot University Professor, warned last February that additional government stimulus efforts to combat a pandemic slowdown raised the risk of inflation — which hit a 7 percent annual rate in December.
Sep 25, 2022 · Faculty, colleagues, U.S. officials praise ‘paradigm-shifting’ tenure of former Harvard President Lawrence Summers at portrait unveiling. Being the president of Harvard requires hard work, long hours, a willingness to take on tough challenges, and skin just a bit thicker than most.
Nov 13, 2023 · Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.
…the new Harvard University president, Lawrence Summers, reportedly admonished West in private for devoting too much time to political activity and other extracurricular pursuits. Their dispute was soon joined by supporters and detractors of West both inside and outside the academy, who debated not only the merits of West’s scholarship…
