March 23, 2001

Harvard Picks Former Treasury Secretary as Its Next President

By JULIANNE BASINGER

Harvard University has picked Lawrence H. Summers, a former treasury secretary, as its next president. A scholar who earned his doctorate at Harvard, Mr. Summers says he plans to improve undergraduate education and explore ways to increase the university's presence in a global economy shaped around knowledge.

Mr. Summers, 46, earned praise as an economics professor at Harvard before leaving academe a decade ago for Washington, where his political work also

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