Now We Know

Davies Symphony Hall

Home of the San Francisco Symphony

Back in December, 2024, when SFS was threatening drastic cuts in the Symphony Chorus's budget, an anonymous benefactor made a $4 million donation in support of the chorus, which allowed the orchestra to maintain the Chorus and pay for the 32 AGMA singers in the group.

Now we know who the donor was, owing to his NY Times obituary: the mathematician and computer scientist Dr. Peter G. Neumann, who specialized in computer security. I encourage reading the obit; the link is a gift link.