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Bard’s board voted to end Botstein’s tenure as president after independent review of Epstein ties

Epstein ties Bard College’s board of trustees “voted to end” the 51-year tenure

Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties

Epstein ties Leon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College

Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein

Bard has said will retain a role at the college, available for a transcribed interview. Raskin also requested records related to Epstein’s donations, communications, admissions, interactions and institutional decision-making, as well

Bard College's president to retire after scrutiny of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

college inn New York for a half century, will retire at the end of June, he wrote in an email provided to The Associated Press by Bard. [![A document that was included

A judge unsealed Epstein's purported 2019 suicide note. More documents could follow

Bard College's president to retire after scrutiny of relationship with Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5808942/bard-college-president-leon-botstein-retire-jeffrey-epstein) Barket said he believes the note to be genuine but did not officially authenticate it, contradicting [the timeline