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Lawrence Summers to Retire From Harvard After University Review of Epstein Files

Harvard cited its review of newly released Epstein records in accepting his exit.

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)
Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York, on Sept. 17, 2025.
Larry Summers and Woody Allen are seen in this image from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo: Reuters)
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 this academic year and remain on leave until then.
  • Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein accepted Summers’ resignation as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and Summers will relinquish his University Professorship.
  • The university said Summers will not teach or take on new advisees before his departure as its review of government-released documents continues.
  • Released DOJ and House records show Summers exchanged hundreds of emails with Jeffrey Epstein through July 5, 2019, including messages seeking romantic advice about a woman he described as a mentee.
  • Summers has apologized, saying he is deeply ashamed and takes responsibility for continuing contact with Epstein, and he has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing; his spokesman said he and his wife briefly visited Epstein’s island in 2005, and he has faced professional sanctions including a lifetime AEA ban and stepping down from OpenAI.