Summers spent part of the day before the lunch making phone calls to a prepared list of "friends of the University," and political figures on a local and national level, including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
He will continue meeting with University officials over the next several months before assuming his post on July 1.
Emerging from Loeb House after the yesterday's meeting, Conrad K. Harper, Corporation and search committee member, said the meeting left him enthusiastic about the future.
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"[The meeting was] just wonderful," he said. "The new president is excellent."
--Staff writer Andrew J. Miller can be reached at amiller@fas.harvard.edu.