There will be no torches passed, gavels handed off or ceremonials of any sort tomorrow when outgoing President Neil L. Rudenstine leaves his Mass. Hall office for good. His replacement Lawrence H. Summers officially assumes the presidency on Sunday, July 1, but will not be moving into his office until Monday.

The first round of ceremonies were completed in advance of Rudenstine’s final week, with a wide array of Harvard groups toasting his tenure and commemorating his departure at events held in New York, Boston and Cambridge.

Well-wishers included faculty, staff, alumni and a host of University big-wigs.

The official University welcome for Summers will be held off until his Inaugural gala, two days of events scheduled for Oct. 11 and 12.

Previous inaugurations have varied in size and tone. For University President Derek C. Bok, who preceded Rudenstine, the inauguration was a modest affair.

As part of the process of gearing up for a huge capital campaign, Rudenstine’s ceremony was big—seminars and banquets greeted the new president.

Indications are that Summers’ welcome will fall along the lines of Rudenstine’s, as student performances and symposia are already being planned. The official installation of Summers, a ceremony that will include an formal academic procession, has been set for 2:30 on Oct. 12 in Tercentenary Theatre.

Rounding Out the Staff

Summers has spent the last three months in part preparing for the meetings and decisions that will greet him when he officially begins the job on Monday.

Most pressing is filling the position of the Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs, which Paul Grogan steps down from this weekend. Summers has been consulting with Washington friends and colleagues about their thoughts on the position.

Another key position that will be empty upon Summers’ arrival is that of the Provost. University administrations have indicated they believe Summers will retain the position, resurrected under Rudenstine, but they say that role of the provost under Summers is an open question.

Within the Office of the President, some restructuring is in the offing. Currently, Summers is looking to hire a Chief of Staff, a new position in Mass. Hall to help coordinate relations between the University’s top administrators, and several other staff assistants.

However, no major departures are expected from the current Mass. Hall roster.

Summers must also select deans for the Graduate School of Education and the Divinity School and will immediately step into the sometime contentious tenure process, in which he will he holds final say.

“I expect it to be busy time as I settle in, and one of the things I will be focused on a number of important searches for very important positions,” Summers said in an interview last night.