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Larry Summers to Retire From Harvard After Epstein File Disclosures

The university says the decision follows its review of newly released government records on Jeffrey Epstein.

Overview

  • Harvard confirmed it accepted Summers’s resignation as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
  • Summers will leave his faculty posts at the end of the academic year and will remain on leave until then without teaching or taking new advisees.
  • Files published by the U.S. Department of Justice show extensive correspondence between Summers and Epstein over several years.
  • Harvard’s broader review of individuals named in the newly disclosed documents is ongoing, according to university statements.
  • Summers has faced professional sanctions including a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association and prior resignations from outside roles such as the OpenAI board, and no criminal charges have been reported against him.