Alan M. Garber, who currently serves as provost and chief academic officer at Harvard, will step in as interim president until the school finds a new president, the Harvard Corporation announced in a letter Tuesday.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Alan’s broad and deep experience, incisive judgment, collaborative style, and extraordinary institutional knowledge to carry forward key priorities and to guide the university through this interim period," the corporation said.
It added that Garber has "served with distinction" in the role of provost for the last 12 years.
The corporation said that the search for a new president would "begin in due course," but did not specify an exact timeline.