Larry's Gone

Well rumors were flying around all morning. Then we heard something on the radio. Now sitting down at my laptop this afternoon to check my email ... this:

From: Lawrence Summers [official@harvard.edu]
Sent: Tue 2/21/2006 1:05 PM
Subject: Message from President Summers
Attachments:

Dear Members of the Harvard Community,

I write to let you know that, after considerable reflection, I have
notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the
University as of June 30, 2006. I will always be grateful for the
opportunity to have served Harvard in this role, and I will treasure the
continuing friendship and support of so many exceptional colleagues and students
at Harvard.

Below are links to my letter to the community, as well as a letter from the
members of the Corporation and a related news release.

Sincerely,
Larry Summers

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/02/21-summers.html
http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2006/0221_summers.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/02/21-board.pdf

I guess that's the end of the Summers Saga.