ORCHESTRA

Established 1911.

Official Website:
http://www.sfsymphony.org/

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Founding Date:
1911

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Adams	Composer	15-Feb-1947		Nixon in China
Robert W. Alspaugh	Business	1947		CEO of KPMG, 2002-05
Nancy H. Bechtle	Business	1937		President, San Francisco Symphony
Andrew S. Berwick, Jr.	Business	c. 1933		Berwick-Pacific Corporation
Herbert Blomstedt	Conductor	11-Jul-1927		Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005
John S. Chen	Business	1-Jul-1955		CEO of Sybase
Ramon C. Cortines	Educator	22-Jul-1932		Prominent schools superintendent
Peter A. Darbee	Business	?		CEO of PG&E, 2005-11
Ray Milton Dolby	Inventor	18-Jan-1933	12-Sep-2013	Inventor of Dolby stereo
Patricia Dunn	Business	27-Mar-1953	4-Dec-2011	Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06
Doris F. Fisher	Business	1932		Co-Founder of The Gap
Chuck Geschke	Business	11-Sep-1939		Co-Founder of Adobe
Gordon Getty	Business	20-Dec-1934		Heir to the Getty Oil fortune
James C. Hormel	Diplomat	1-Jan-1933		US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1999-2001
Charles B. Johnson	Business	6-Jan-1933		Billionaire, Franklin Resources
Richard Kovacevich	Business	30-Oct-1943		CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007
Josef Krips	Conductor	8-Apr-1902	13-Oct-1974	Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Pierre Monteux	Conductor	4-Apr-1875	1-Jul-1964	Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52
David J. O'Reilly	Business	1947		CEO of Chevron, 2005-09
Paul S. Otellini	Business	12-Oct-1950		CEO of Intel, 2005-13
Seiji Ozawa	Conductor	1-Sep-1935		Music Director, Vienna State Opera
Charles B. Renfrew	Attorney	31-Oct-1928		Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81
George R. Roberts	Business	1944		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Michael Tilson Thomas	Conductor	21-Dec-1944		Music Director, SF Symphony
Don Valentine	Business	c. 1933		Founder of Sequoia Capital
Alfred Wallenstein	Cellist	7-Oct-1898	8-Feb-1983	Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56
Roger O. Walther	Business	1935		Tusker Corporation

Copyright ©2026