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Summers was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 30, 1954, into a Jewish family. He was the son of two economists, Robert Summers (who changed the family surname from Samuelson) and Anita Summers (of Romanian-Jewish ancestry), who were both professors at the University of Pennsylvania.
In a letter dated February 24, 2006, Harvard Hillel president and director Dr. Bernard Steinberg thanked outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers for his “unapologetic identification...
Mar 3, 2006 · March 3, 2006. Was the ouster of Harvard’s first Jewish president anti-Semitic in its effect if not its intent? On a campus with a painful history of anti-Semitism, most professors—including some...
Jan 22, 2024 · Larry Summers, a former Obama and Clinton senior official, strongly criticized Harvard's selection of a professor of Jewish history to lead a new antisemitism task force. Summers warned...
Oct 10, 2023 · Larry Summers, a past Harvard president, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter: “The silence from Harvard’s leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and widely...
Oct 10, 2023 · Ariel Zilber. Published Oct. 10, 2023, 2:44 p.m. ET. Former Harvard President Larry Summers once again blasted the Ivy League school on Tuesday — saying its statement on the Hamas attack on...
Jan 22, 2024 · Bill Ackman and Lawrence Summers decried the choice of Derek J. Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, who had signed a letter describing Israel as an apartheid regime. Share full article....
