In your article on Adam Gopnik’s talk at the Holiday Inn By The Bay, which I did attend, there is a GLARING error about which Osher donates to the Osher Map Library. It is Dr. Harold Osher, not his brother Bernard, who is the big donor there. I believe he has donated over $15 million to USM, and this error should be rectified as clearly as possible. I’m not sure, but I think he is our biggest, most generous donor, and he should not be slighted. By the way, during the intro to the talk, the speaker mentioned him and his wife Peggy who were front and center at the talk…
Nancy Erickson
Associate Professor of French