For all who are interested, I have been pulling together a rough timeline of events related to the Barr/Epstein connection. It raises more questions than it answers, but here’s what I have:
• William’s father, Donald Barr, served in the Office of Strategic Services (a predecessor to the CIA) during World War II.
• Donald Barr taught English at Columbia University, and later became its Director, 1955-1964.
• Donald Barr was headmaster at the Dalton School in New York City (1964–74) and the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York (both members of the Ivy Preparatory School League).
• Jeffrey Epstein attended college at Cooper Union and dropped out in 1971. He later attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, but left without receiving a degree.
• William Barr attended Columbia University in 1969-73, receiving an BA in ‘71, and then a MA in Government and Chinese Studies in ‘73.
• Donald Barr Hired Jeffrey Epstein two teach calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975.
• In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Stearns where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies.
• William Barr was employed at the CIA from 1973 to 1977; he also attended the evening division of George Washington University Law School graduating with a Juris Doctor in 1977.
• Proving successful in his financial career, Epstein became a limited partner at Bear Stearns in 1980.
OK, so, the big question in my mind is how did Epstein land a job at Donald Barr’s school? Both ‘boys’ were about the same age, and were attending universities in Manhattan, but on very different trajectories. Somehow, without ever actually getting a degree, Epstein is hired by Donald Barr to teach at an Ivy Leage college preparatory school.
I find it very odd that Epstein is consistently able to hopscotch his way up the ladder, going from a college drop-out in 1972 to a limited Partner at Bear Stearns in 1980, apparently with some kind of leg up by Donald Barr. It’s also interesting that both Barr-the-elder and Barr-the-younger worked for intelligence agencies, and one of the news reports swirling about is that Epstein “belonged” to the IC.