The Walt Whitman Association is saddened to hear of the passing of Walter H. Stridick, a longtime advocate of Walt Whitman and benefactor of the Walt Whitman Association’s Annual High School Poetry Contest. He passed away on July 23rd, 2017, and is survived by his wife Gloria and his four sons, Harry, Paul, Michael, and Walter. Walter along with his wife Gloria conceived of the Bernadette Stridick Award, the first place prize for the Annual High School Poetry Contest. The Bernadette Stridick Award was created in honor of Walter and Gloria’s daughter. Bernadette was the victim of a
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