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American conductor, educator (born 1946)
Leon Botstein is a Swiss-born American conductor and musicologist who was president of Bard College from 1975 to 2026. Botstein is credited with transforming Bard and significantly raising its international profile over the course of his long tenure as president. His retirement from the presidency was colored by revelations that he had maintained a friendly relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2018.
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The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa 'water' and German -stein 'stone'.
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Leon Botstein has resigned from all Bard College–affiliated positions after House Democrats uncovered new details about his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and heard whistleblower allegations that he sexually harassed women while president of Bard.
Leon Botstein abruptly resigned from all roles at Bard following a House Judiciary Committee letter sent to the school's leadership.