Larry Summers Steps Down From Harvard Roles After Epstein Fallout: Report

Former Harvard president Larry Summers will resign from all teaching and academic appointments at Harvard University at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship, the school’s highest faculty honor, Harvard officials confirmed to The Crimson.

Summers also stepped down as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, ending a role he held since 2011. He will remain on leave and take no new students.

Larry Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish Harvard University Professorship Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties

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The move follows revelations of a long-running personal relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, disclosed through emails released last year and Justice Department records. The correspondence showed frequent contact through 2019, well after Epstein’s conviction.

The fallout has been swift. Summers has severed ties with several major institutions and was issued a lifetime ban by the American Economic Association. Harvard has launched a broader review of its historical connections to Epstein.

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