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5 unusual facts about Lawrence Summers


Bradley A. Buckles

Bradley A. Buckles was sworn in as the fifth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on December 20, 1999 by Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers.

J. Lorand Matory

In the summer of 2005 Matory was one of the leaders of a group calling for a faculty vote of no-confidence in University President Larry Summers.

Jeff Sheng

His senior thesis was awarded a Latin honors grade of summa cum laude, nominated for a Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Prize, and Sheng was given the College's Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts by then President of Harvard University Lawrence Summers.

Neal S. Wolin

From 1999 to January 2001, Wolin served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury under Secretary Lawrence Summers.

Raghuram Rajan

For example, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Harvard President Lawrence Summers called the warnings “misguided” and Rajan himself a "luddite".


Dubai School of Government

DSG's Distinguished Speakers Series has featured guests such as Lee Kuan Yew, Klaus Schwab, Lawrence Summers, John Chambers, David Ellwood, Joseph Nye, Francis Fukuyama, Suad Joseph, Kishore Mahbubani and Bob Graham.

Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China

Other past speakers include: Kai-Fu Lee, founding president of Google China; Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard University; Yuanli Liu, Assistant Professor and Founding Director of the China Initiative from Harvard School of Public Health; Kim Kardashian, American celebutante; Johnny Depp, famous actor; and Nancy Barry, former president of Women's World Banking.

Quantitative behavioral finance

For example, Poterba and Summers demonstrate a tiny trend effect in stock prices.

Washington Agreement on Gold

The Washington Agreement on Gold was signed of 26 September 1999 in Washington, D.C. during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting, and the US Secretary of the Treasury, Lawrence Summers, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, were present.


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