“You want to appoint someone who is complimentary to the president in personality, who you can stop in and chat with for ten minutes at the end of the day,” he said.
Summers encouraged Gazette readers to comment on the role of the provost, as well as asked for names of possible candidates “within Harvard or beyond, who merit serious consideration.”
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Suggestions can be sent to Summers, c/o Loeb House, 17 Quincy St, Cambridge, Mass., 02138, or by e-mail, to provostadvice@harvard.edu.
—Staff writer David H. Gellis can be reached at gellis@fas.harvard.edu.