Summers' Meteoric Rise: A Career Timeline

Nov. 20, 1954--Born in New Haven, Conn.

1975--Receives B.S. in economics from MIT.

1979-1982--Serves on economics faculty at MIT.

1982--Completes doctorate in economics at Harvard.

1982-83--Serves as domestic policy economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers.

1983--At age 28, receives tenure from Harvard, becoming the youngest tenured professor in University history to that date. Holds professorship until 1993.

1991-1993--Serves as vice president of development economics and chief economist of the World Bank.

1993--Receives John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40.

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.