Seth Lloyd
Case Notes
MIT professor who accepted Epstein donations
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Seth Lloyd, MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was placed on paid administrative leave in January 2020 following an independent investigation that found he violated MIT's conflict of interest and faculty misconduct policies. The Goodwin Procter report concluded that Lloyd purposefully failed to inform MIT that Epstein was a convicted sex offender when accepting donations totaling $225,000 between 2012 and 2017, and that he received a personal gift of $60,000 from Epstein in 2005-2006 which he deposited into a personal bank account without reporting it to MIT. While Lloyd initially kept his tenured position after a faculty review in December 2020 that found he did not attempt to circumvent the vetting process, he had been placed on paid leave immediately following the January 2020 report release.
Determination Timeline
MIT professor Seth Lloyd was placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation found he violated conflict of interest and faculty misconduct policies by failing to disclose Jeffrey Epstein's status as a convicted sex offender when accepting donations from him.
Document References (3)
Media Coverage (16)
Decision on Professor Seth Lloyd
Based on this review, a majority of the members found that, in connection with donations he received from Epstein in 2012, Professor Lloyd violated MIT's confli…
MIT disciplines professor over Jeffrey Epstein donations, but will allow him to continue teaching
MIT announced it would limit Seth Lloyd's pay and his involvement in undergraduate advising for five years and require professional conduct training before he r…
MIT Media Lab Struggles With Jeffrey Epstein Connection
Over 20 years, MIT received $800,000 from foundations Epstein controlled, going either to the lab or a professor, Seth Lloyd (who wrote his own apology on Mediu…
Seth Lloyd
Lloyd's connections to Epstein drew strong criticism at MIT. In August 2019, Lloyd published a letter apologizing for accepting grants totaling $225,000 from Ep…
MIT professor on paid leave over Epstein's donations
An MIT professor is on paid administrative leave following a review into donations the school received from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to…
MIT review cites big 'mistakes' in taking Epstein donations
The MIT review found Epstein donated $850,000 between 2002 and 2017 to the institution. Lloyd received $225,000 in post-conviction donations for research plus a…
Students Are Demanding MIT Fire a Professor Who Visited Epstein in Prison
MIT students organized protests and forums demanding Lloyd's resignation or termination, citing concerns that his presence creates barriers for trauma survivors…
Students Demand MIT Professor Who Visited Epstein in Prison Resign
MIT student group MIT Students Against War held protests demanding Seth Lloyd's resignation after it emerged he had visited Epstein in prison and concealed Epst…
MIT professor on paid leave over Epstein's donations to school
MIT professor Seth Lloyd placed on paid administrative leave following review of Epstein's donations to school. CBS News video report covering the initial admin…
MIT releases results of fact-finding on engagements with Jeffrey Epstein
The report concludes that Lloyd purposefully failed to inform MIT that Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was the source of two donations to support his researc…
MIT professor accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein and didn't tell the school, report says
MIT placed mechanical engineering professor Seth Lloyd on paid administrative leave following the school's review into donations it received from convicted sex …
Epstein and MIT: The Unanswered Questions
Lloyd 'purposefully failed to inform MIT that Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was the source of the donations' that he was about to receive. In reporting the…
Jeffrey Epstein scandal: MIT professor put on leave, he 'failed to inform' college that sex offender made donations
MIT puts tenured professor Seth Lloyd on paid administrative leave over donations from Jeffrey Epstein that he failed to disclose to the university. An independ…
MIT puts tenured professor on paid leave over Jeffrey Epstein gifts
MIT announced that mechanical engineering professor Seth Lloyd was placed on paid administrative leave following the school's review into donations from convict…
MIT Puts Tenured Professor Seth Lloyd on Paid Leave Over Jeffrey Epstein's Donations
Lloyd secretly received $225,000 from Epstein over five years, including two $50,000 donations in 2012 and a $125,000 donation in 2017. He also accepted a perso…
MIT Professor Denies Misleading School Over Epstein Funding
Seth Lloyd firmly rejected the accusations, claiming 'I never hid the identity of Epstein as the donor prior to the donation being accepted.' Lloyd published an…
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