Lawrence Summers has announced he will retire from teaching at Harvard University, as the former US Treasury secretary continues to retreat from public roles following revelations of his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at the end of this academic year,” Summers said on Wednesday. The university’s graduation day is in late May.
In November he announced he had stepped down from the board of OpenAI following the release of emails by a House of Representatives committee that showed the economist had solicited advice from Epstein on pursuing a relationship with a female mentee.