Leon Botstein

Bard College president who publicly stated that his interactions with Epstein were for soliciting donations for Bard and that Epstein was a prospective donor, not a friend.

In a February 2026 Bard statement, Botstein described the relationship as institutional fundraising contact and said Epstein was not his friend.

2015-10-13 — Laptop donation record. The dataset describes 66 laptops for a charter school associated with Leon Botstein, loaded onto an airplane.