Summers has held a variety of positions both at elite levels of government and in other institutions, and at every move has seemed to engender controversy. Summers resigned as president of Harvard in 2006 after he battled with some faculty members was derided for comments he made in 2005, saying that women didn't have the genetic gifts to succeed in science and math.
Summers has also faced criticism since leaving the White House for not doing enough to set the country on a path towards economic recovery while he was head of the National Economic Council -- a position he held for nearly two years until the end of 2010. In addition, he engendered controversy for raking in millions from hedge funds and big banks before assuming his post.
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