1993--Appointed Undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury for international affairs.
1995--Promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
July 2, 1999--Appointed Secretary of the Treasury.
Jan. 22, 2001--Chosen as Arthur Okun Distinguished Fellow in Economics, Globalization and Governance at the Brookings Institution.
March 2001--Recommended by the Harvard Presidential Search Committee to become the 27th President of Harvard University.