The New Haven-born economist was the youngest tenured professor in Harvard's history in 1983.
Summers also received the John Bates Clark medal in 1993, an award given to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40. From 1999 to 2001 he served as the secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
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Summers also has the distinction of being the first Jewish president of the University. He is a member of Temple Sinai on Military Road in Washington, D.C.
--With reporting by Joshua E. Gewolb in Cambridge, David H. Gellis in Washington, D.C. and Catherine E. Shoichet and Kate L. Rakoczy in New York City.
--Staff writer Garrett M. Graff can be reached at ggraff@fas.harvard.edu.