## To: Jeffrey Epsteinfleeyacation©gmail.com]
From: S.M. Kosslyn
Sent: Sat 6/5/2010 3:08:47 PM
Subject: update

Hi JEE...

I'm off to UK/France/Germany as of early, early tomorrow morning (back on 18 June), and thought I would check in... Here's where things stand:

1. I got the written offer from Stanford. It was actually pretty good, all things considered, but not quite good enough. I decided that I wasn't going to take it seriously unless several conditions were met, which they are working on meeting. Some of these will cost them a fair amount, and they are still in the middle of a financial crisis (worse than Harvard's). So, we'll see. (But, if I had to bet, I would bet that they will come through.)

2. Mike Smith has not responded directly to my request. He has told others that the Stanford deal is a "great opportunity," and that he doesn't want to stand in my way. My gut is that he will not come through in time. Steve Hyman has told me to come see him, and I suspect that he would concoct some kind of "Vice Provost" thing to keep me around -- but I'm looking for a bit more independence and ability to get things done.

So, bottom line: I think I'll be looking seriously at real estate in Palo Alto. You know anybody who wants to buy a Victorian house in Cambridge?

I hope you are doing OK.

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