MIT President Reif Says He Acknowledged Gifts From Epstein
- ‘We could and should have asked more questions,’ Reif says
- Disgraced financier’s gifts to MIT, Harvard being reviewed
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael Reif said he and some members of his administration were aware of donations made to the school by Jeffrey Epstein four years after the disgraced financier was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Reif said a fact-finding effort led by an outside law firm shows he signed a letter thanking Epstein for a gift to Seth Lloyd, a member of the faculty, weeks after Reif was promoted to president in 2012. Senior members of the administration were also aware of gifts Epstein made to MIT’s Media Lab between 2013 and 2017, and required that Epstein not make them public, he said.