Pulitzer Prize winning author and McDaniel Visiting Lecturer Michael Dirda (left) will speak about the importance of libraries at 6:30 p.m. March 30 in McDaniel College’s Hoover Library, as the College celebrates the establishment of the W. Byers Unger Library Endowment Fund.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-857-2294.

The Unger recognition plaque will be unveiled, in addition to the library’s new online resources and databases. Light refreshments will be served following the reception.

Katherine Leidy Unger’s more than $3.5-million-dollar bequest, earmarked for Hoover Library, is among the largest ever received by McDaniel College. The 1932 graduate wrote that the College “afforded me special opportunities" during the Depression, and she wanted to show her appreciation.

Mrs. Unger majored in English and history here at the College. She and husband W. Byers Unger ’20, lived for decades in New Hampshire, where he taught zoology at Dartmouth College. The couple relished college life, frequently entertaining Dartmouth students in their home. They traveled extensively, to all 50 states and abroad.

Mr. Unger died in 1975, and Mrs. Unger in 2004.