George Bluman is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, UBC.  He is a past chair of the Vancouver Kristallnacht Commemoration Committee. His parents were saved by the heroic Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara; he has given many public talks on Sugihara in Vancouver and Japan. In March 2019, he spoke at the opening of the Chiune Sugihara Sempo Museum in Tokyo.  Currently, George serves on the Board of Eagles of Tomorrow, a society for improving Indigenous education and is a member of Council, UBC Emeritus College.