Billionaire hedge fund mogul Paul Tudor Jones is not getting love in Virginia.
The president of the University of Virginia and scores of faculty members took issue this week with Jones, a generous alum of the school who said recently that having babies is a “killer” for a woman’s career.
On Wednesday, some 82 faculty of the school sent a letter to John Simon, its executive vice president and provost, demanding that the administration “promptly” respond to Jones’ remarks, The Post has learned.
In their letter to Simon, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, the staffers also condemned Jones’ remarks, which he made at a symposium in April, as “false and injurious.”
“As soon as that baby’s lips touched that girl’s bosom, forget it,” Jones told the symposium.
Simon replied quickly, The Post has learned.
“Neither President Sullivan nor I agree with [Jones’] statement that having a family disadvantages a woman’s ability to perform in the workplace,” Simon said in an e-mail, which was seen by The Post.
“[Jones’] comments were of his own volition, he was not speaking on behalf of U. Va., and he has since issued a public apology,” Simon wrote.
The provost didn’t condemn the remarks, however.
“As administrators, we are often called upon to condemn opinions different from our own,” Simon wrote. “At a university, however, freedom of expression is fundamental to our mission.”