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As Lewis’ direct superior, Kirby was the one to fire Lewis, but Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ’87 echoes several administrators’ sentiments by likening Kirby to Summers’ puppet—and saying the firing was a product of...
According to one well-informed source, Summers made it clear to Kirby that he would not be unhappy if Lewis stepped down.
Both Summers and Lewis have reputations for being strong-willed and hands-on—which created problems when they had to collaborate.
One professor who asked not to be named says he expects Lewis and Summers to work well together because of their common propensity to be “intensely analytical.”
“[Lewis is] very like Larry,” the professor says. “So it’s curious they didn’t always see eye to eye.”