President Leo Rafael Reif called the message to Epstein a 'standard acknowledgment letter' in a statement to the university community posted on its website.
'I apparently signed this letter on August 16, 2012, about six weeks into my presidency. Although I do not recall it, it does bear my signature,' he said.
The donation came four years after the well-connected Epstein, who committed suicide as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges, was convicted in Florida on one count of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.