College Debates Removing Epstein Pal’s Name From Billion-Dollar Library
KEY POINTS
- •Students and alumni demand Haverford College remove Howard Lutnick's name amid Epstein connection concerns.
- •Despite Lutnick's 2025 claim of severing ties in 2005, Justice Department documents show a 2012 lunch on Epstein’s island.
- •College President Wendy Raymond said she will carefully consider whether to activate a review committee to rename the library.
Haverford College is in full moral pretzel mode after revelations that their largest donor, Howard Lutnick—a 1983 alum and ex-boss of Cantor Fitzgerald—still lunched on Epstein's Caribbean island in 2012, seven years post-Florida conviction. Despite a 2025 podcast claim bragging about cutting Epstein ties in 2005, DOJ docs say otherwise. Lutnick’s $65 million library naming gift is now a hot potato, sparking pleas by students and alumni for a rename. College prez Wendy Raymond promises a deep, contemplative look (with thought partners on speed dial) before deciding if Epstein-adjacent = library absolved. Meanwhile, billionaire board chair Michael Kim from South Korea sides with Lutnick, and the Trump gang defends the economic cheerleader as Haverford figures out if sugar daddies outweigh scandal.
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Oh sure, Howard ‘Cut Ties In 2005’ Lutnick was busy sailing Epstein's island boat in 2012, proving timing is everything—unless you’re a billionaire donor with a library named after you.
When your library’s biggest fan took yacht lunches with Epstein years after his conviction, you’re really just naming it 'Plausible Deniability Hall.'
Howard Lutnick cutting ties in 2005 but having 2012 island lunch is the kind of ‘keeping it casual’ only billionaires get away with.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/19/2026 | Author: Alex Isenstadt
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