Harvard's Larry Summers To Resign From Teaching At End Of School Year: Report

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Former Harvard President and current professor Larry Summers announced he will resign from his current role at the University at the end of the academic year, according to a report from The Harvard Crimson.

Harvard launched an investigation into Summers after documents detailed his relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. As part of his resignation, he will also relinquish his University Professorship which is known as the highest distinction for any faculty member.

The thousands of documents released by the House of Representatives this past fall reportedly included exchanges between Epstein and Summers in which Summers sought Epstein’s advice for his pursuit of a romantic relationship with a woman he described as his mentee. The communication continued through July 2019 leading directly up to Epstein’s high-profile arrest.

Summers described the decision to resign as a difficult one and expressed gratitude to the staff and students he worked with throughout his Harvard career. Summers has since resigned or been let go from several organizations including The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and Open AI

Read more at The Harvard Crimson.

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