Epstein Secrets

ns of the ACM 37, No. 7, 107-116 (1994). Accepted for publication May 17, 2002. J. McCarthy Stanford University Stanford, California M. Minsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts A. Sloman University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK L. Gong IBM Research Division Hawthorne, New York T. Lau IBM Research Divisi

ciplines of the humanities in which dissidents might be expected to work. The threat of bodily harm was a constant for most of the applicants, and Jarecki ominously remembered that many of the more than 5000 applicants who were turned down by the institute during the 1930s perished a few years later.

cue 1,000 Jewish refugees. The Gruber chair is part of a larger effort to create a 10 million endowment that is being leesefugee-turned-millionaire Henry Jarecki, along with fellow businessmen Soros, Thomas Russo and Jeffrey Epstein. While the roster of scholars who have been helped suggests that the Jewis

ns of the ACM 37, No. 7, 107-116 (1994). Accepted for publication May 17, 2002. J. McCarthy Stanford University Stanford, California M. Minsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts A. Sloman University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK L. Gong IBM Research Division Hawthorne, New York T. Lau IBM Research Divisi

collected Dollars 2m (Pounds 1.2m) to conduct a novel experiment on the extent of global academic freedom. The group, which included George Soros, Henry Jarecki and Jeffrey Epstein, established a fund to help scholars escape threats in their home countries and find teaching work elsewhere. The donors made t

and 100,000 Jews. But by the time the "proper" arrangements were made, a world war was raging and it was too late to do much good. In this case, Dr Jarecki says, the fund will work out how best to achieve its aims as it goes along. But, he adds: "I thought we should start by doing it: LOAD-DATE: August

ns of the ACM 37, No. 7, 107.116 (1994). Accepted for publication May 17, 2002. J. McCarthy Stanford University Stanford, California M. Minsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts A. Sloman University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK L. Gong IBM Research Division Hawthorne, New York T. Lau IBM Research Divisi

and 100,000 Jews. But by the time the "proper" arrangements were made, a world war was raging and it was too late to do much good. In this case, Dr Jarecki says, the fund will work out how best to achieve its aims as it goes along. But. he adds: "I thought we should start by doing it." LOAD-DATE: Augus

estors collected Dollars 2m (Pounds I.2m) to conduct a novel experiment on the extent of global academic freedom. The group, which included Soros, Henry Jarecki and Jeffrey Epstein established a fund to help scholars escape threats in their ome countries and find teaching work elsewhere. The donors made the

Harvard University; Penn tate University; Lenox Hill Hospital (New York); the Biomedical Research and Education Foundation; the Santa Fe Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Case Western Reserve University; and Harvard Medical School's Institute for Music and Brain Science. Moreover, Mr. Epstein has sponsored and chair

ciplines of the humanities in which dissidents might be expected to work. The threat of bodily harm was a constant for most of the applicants, and Jarecki ominously remembered that many of the more than 5000 applicants who were turned down by the institute during the 1930s perished a few years later.