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Bill Barr's father hired Epstein as a teacher without qualification

Susan Semel's book on the history of Dalton School said that Donald "Barr didn't care about credentials as long as you were interesting and knew your stuff". Mr Epstein attended "NYU's Courant Institute, where he took courses in mathematical physiology of the heart, leaving that school, too, without a degree". Dalton's student newspaper (September 1974) indicated that Mr Epstein "was starting that year as a math and physics teacher". Given that Barr quit his office by the end of 1974, it is plausible to think that unqualified Mr Epstein was hired when Barr was still in charge.