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Who is Larry Summers? Former US treasury secretary set to resign from Harvard professor role over ties with Jeffrey Epstein

Former US Treasury Secretary and past Harvard University president Larry Summers has announced that he will resign from his teaching and faculty roles at Harvard University amid controversy over his ties to convicted sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Harvard confirmed that Summers will retire from his academic appointments at the end of the current academic year. He was on , who leave since November 2025. He will give up his title of University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty rank, and will not teach or take on new students again.

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