Peter Butler, WHS Board President Using History to Make Connections
Appeared in the Gazette, Spring/Summer 2020
To help share stories this year, we are thrilled to bring Mike Leonard to the Community House stage. Due to coronavirus precautions about large meetings, we had to postpone this event, but will announce a new date soon. Mike is an Emmy Award winning television journalist, New York Times best-selling author, filmmaker, and former 32-year NBC national network correspondent and regular contributor to the “Today Show.” He is a master storyteller, a passionate resident of Winnetka, and is more than ready to share his reflections on a town he loves dearly.
We also are looking forward to this year’s Gala at Kip and Sara Kirkpatrick’s wonderful home on the evening of June 13th. It is the social highlight of the year for us and one of the biggest sources of support for what we do. Please come for one of the most relaxing and enjoyable evenings in town this summer.
At the Historical Society, we try to capture the past and share history about the people who have brought pride to what we do locally and more broadly. We also try to use our history to make connections among us who live here and who we might otherwise not get to know. This is one of the reasons the Mike Leonard event and gala are so much fun—a time to mingle with old and new friends, something our busy calendars just don’t seem to let us do very often. Looking forward to seeing you at the Gala. — Peter Butler ■
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