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POST's Wallace Stegner Lecture Series
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Please check back in November for our 2010 speaker lineup. To suggest a speaker, please email us at post@openspacetrust.org
Series' History
Series Sponsors Ambassador Bill and Mrs. Jean Lane have sponsored the Wallace Stegner Lecture Series since its inception in 1993. The series would not be possible without their continued interest and generous support. POST sincerely thanks Bill and Jean for their enthusiasm and dedication.
The Wallace Stegner Lecture Series pays tribute to the late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, environmentalist, longtime Peninsula resident and celebrated Stanford University English professor. Stegner is remembered as a "man of the American West," and his writings capture the beauty and significance of the West' lands and wilderness. He was also an ardent conservationist who worked to preserve the Peninsula lands he loved. A longtime friend of POST, Stegner was to host the first annual lecture series in 1993. Because his life ended before the series began, it was named in his honor.
Designed to educate and inspire, the series is dedicated to exploring the themes of land, nature and conservation from literary and artistic perspectives. Past speakers have included Wendell Berry, Dr. Jane Goodall, Robert Haas, Paul Hawken, Robert Redford and Terry Tempest Williams. All proceeds from the series benefit POST and its land-saving work.