Q: When Stanley Romanstein resigned, he resigned to the chairwoman of the Atlanta Symphony Board, even though it was said that his boss was president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. Who appoints the board?
—Betty Florence, Dahlonega
A: The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's chairman of the board, other board members and the CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center choose the president of the ASO through a selection process, a Woodruff spokesman told Q&A on the News in an email. Potential board members are identified by the current board, which "invites individuals who have the ability and interest to serve on the board," the spokesman wrote. Board members who have served their terms will then rotate off the board and other members will take their place.
ASO board members are not paid. Romanstein resigned as president of the ASO on Sept. 29 because he didn’t want to be an “impediment” to the current lockout.
Q: I read in a recent AJC that ex-Nazis were collecting Social Security. Did this mean they worked in this country to earn enough Social Security credits to collect? The article wasn’t clear on that.
—Diane Dane, McDonough
A: Many former Nazis, who came to the U.S. after World War II, became citizens, worked and paid taxes and into Social Security in this country until retirement. For example, Jakob Denzinger, a former guard at Auschwitz, owned a plastics company in Akron, Ohio, and Martin Hartmann, former Nazi SS guard, worked at a newspaper in Montana. Denzinger fled to Germany in the late 1980s but continues to receive Social Security payments. Hartmann left the U.S. in 2007 and receives payments while living in Berlin.
Andy Johnston wrote this column. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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