What he said. If it's epoxy (would seem odd), there isn't to my knowledge a solvent that'll take out the epoxy and leave the IC in anything approaching a functional form. "Solvent" for epoxy generally means things that'll eat through anything - e.g. piping hot conc nitric or sulphuric acid. And even then progress is very slow (and hugely hazardous). That sort of stuff will make much shorter work of just about anything else, including any metal in the vicinity (e.g. pins, circuits). And in case you didn't know, the casing of ICs is made of epoxy too, so you're looking for something that's selective to the particular epoxy in your glue and will spare the IC casing. I think it's unlikely you'll find one. (If you do, though, it'd probably be well worth shelling out for the patent - I suspect the semiconductor industry will be very interested.)

A pry with a screwdriver sounds a good plan to me. I'd try minimum force, and then gradually increase. The risks seem lower to me than jamming it in to the socket - you'll almost certainly shear pins off if you do that IMO.