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Larry Summers to Retire From Harvard Following Epstein Document Disclosures

Harvard links the decision to its review of government-released Epstein records.

FILE - Harvard University Professor Larry Summers speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York, on Sept. 17, 2025.
Larry Summers, former president and professor at Harvard University.

Overview

  • Harvard said Summers will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at the end of the current academic year and remain on leave until then.
  • Dean Jeremy Weinstein accepted Summers’ resignation as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government in connection with the university’s review.
  • Summers will not teach or take on new advisees before his departure, according to the university.
  • Government-released documents show Summers exchanged extensive emails with Jeffrey Epstein through July 5, 2019, sought personal advice, flew on Epstein’s aircraft, and made a brief 2005 visit to his private island.
  • Summers has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, has apologized for the relationship, and previously faced professional consequences including leaving outside boards and a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association.