Lawrence H. Summers was born on November 30, 1954 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA as Lawrence Henry Summers. He has been married to Elisa New since December 2005. He was previously married to Victoria Perry.
Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nationality
American
Spouse
Elisa New (m. 2005), Victoria Perry (m. 1984)
Children
Ruth Summers
Parents
Anita Summers, Robert Summers
Awards
John Bates Clark Medal, Alan T. Waterman Award
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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Former chief economist, "The World Bank".
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He spent most of his childhood in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he attended Harriton High School.
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Son of two economists, Robert Summers and Anita Summers, who are both professors at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the nephew of two Nobel laureates in economics: Paul Samuelson (Robert's brother) and Kenneth Arrow (Anita's brother).
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Served as the 27th President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.
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Ex-Secretary of the Treasury for the last year and a half of the Bill Clinton administration.
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Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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Director of the White House's National Economics Council in the Barack Obama administration.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
1996-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary / Himself - Former Treasury Secretary / Himself - Former Tresury Secretary
Squawk Box
2014
TV Series
Himself - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Fareed Zakaria GPS
2011
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - Former Treasury Secretary (segment "Sovereign Wealth Fund")
Chaos and Order: Making American Theater
2005
Documentary
Himself (as Lawrence Summers)
The American Ruling Class
2005
Himself
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy