Harvard apologizes for publishing 50-year reunion update from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski that bragged about his 'eight life sentences'



Harvard University says it never should have published the 50-year reunion update from the most famous member of its class of 1962.



That's because Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, used the opportunity to brag about the 'eight life sentences' in prison he received for a terrifying 17-year campaign of mail bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others.



'While all members of the class who submit entries are included, we regret publishing Kaczynski's references to his convictions and apologize for any distress that it may have caused others,' the university said in a statement.



He's come a long way: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, updated his classmates on his whereabouts for his 50-year Harvard class reunion

A spokesman Harvard confirmed that the 70-year-old convict was the one who submitted the glib alumni entry.

Kaczynski lists his address as the United States Penitentiary-Max in Florence, Colorado.

The crazed bomber is often cited as being a genius-turned madman. He went to Harvard at age 16 and later earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan.



His Harvard class of 1962 met this week for its 50-year reunion.

Then and now: Ted Kaczynski was a 16-year-old prodigy (left) when he attended Harvard University. He grew into a deranged killer who hid away in a secluded mountain cabin in Montana



One of his classmates, Gary G. Peterson, told the Harvard Crimson that Kaczynski remains the most famous member of the class.



Alex Taussig , a venture capitalist at Boston-based Highland Capital and a Harvard grad himself, posted a photo of the listing in the Harvard reunion booklet and tweeted a photo with the caption, 'Ted Kaczynski's alumni update for his 50 year Harvard reunion. Morbidly amusing.'

His name is nestled anonymously in with his other classmates, just above Joseph Born Kadane, a renowned statistics professor at Carnegie Mellon University.



Kaczynski lists his occupation, 'Prisoner,' and includes the title of his 2010 book 'Technological Slavery,' which includes his infamous anti-technology and anti-industrial manifesto, under 'Publications.'

Under 'Awards,' he notes 'eight life sentences, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1998.'

Kaczynski isn't allowed to attend the reunion, though Saturday Night Live imagined what such an event might be like.



In the 1996 skit, Kaczynski, played by Will Farrell, shows up shackled by chains and wearing a tweed jacket over his orange prison jumpsuit, flanked by two FBI agents.



When he learns that all of his classmates have become captains of industry, he leaves a mysterious 'present' for them and tells them to wait until he leaves to open it.



