Wallace Stegner Lecture Series
Series History
Begun in 1993, the Wallace Stegner Lecture Series pays tribute to Wallace Stegner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, environmental leader and longtime Peninsula resident. Stegner was an ardent conservationist who worked to preserve the Peninsula land he captured in his writing. A longtime friend of POST, Stegner helped launch the lecture series and was slated to host the first lecture series in 1993. Because he died before the series began, the lectures were named in his honor.
Ambassador Laurence W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., and Jean Lane have sponsored the Wallace Stegner Lecture Series since its inception in 1993. Bill passed away in 2010, and Jean continues their support in his memory.