LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Whidbey residents made Trudy Sundberg lecture series a success

Editor, The inaugural Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series, featuring Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winner Hedrick Smith, was a huge success. The May 6 evening lecture at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley drew an overflow crowd. Some people watched the lecture on a monitor in the lobby and some, sadly, had to be turned away. The following night in Coupeville at least 300 people attended.

May 24, 2016 5:19 pm

Editor,

The inaugural Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series, featuring Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winner Hedrick Smith, was a huge success.

The May 6 evening lecture at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley drew an overflow crowd. Some people watched the lecture on a monitor in the lobby and some, sadly, had to be turned away. The following night in Coupeville at least 300 people attended.

Upon Trudy’s passing, her friends and family began working with the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation to establish a fund that would create a legacy for the community based on her life and values. The weekend of the event, that public legacy was launched, but it couldn’t have happened without the support of the community that Trudy held so near and dear and the dedicated, professional efforts of the Sno-Isle Libraries staff and its volunteers.

So, thank you Whidbey Islanders, Sno-Isle Libraries and all who volunteered for this effort. We’re already making plans and looking forward to the second Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series next year.

Sincerely,

MARSHALL GOLDBERG

Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series Planning Committee chairman