BTW, I find it amusing that Summers was (perhaps incorrectly, it turns out) hailed as Harvard’s “first Jewish president.” And Drew Faust later on - Harvard’s first woman president! How old was the school by the times these “historic” appointments were made, exactly?
By focusing on stuff like talent and vision, rather than race, ethnic identity or gender, the Chicago trustees were able to blast through such milestones decades ago. Although, to be fair, Summers was hired in part due to the fact that he understood such mysterious concepts like finite resources and budgets. Presidents have to make tough decisions sometimes.