Background

Sundberg, Trudy James was born on February 28, 1925 in Woodsfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Philip and Lillian Janette (Kuban) James.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1946. Master of Science in Journalism, University Illinois, 1948. Postgraduate, Western Washington University, 1979.

Career

Instructor rhetoric University Illinois, Urbana, 1948. Women's editor Daily News, Hayward, California, 1960. English teacher, debate coach several schools, 1960-1987.

Playwright, lecturer Oak Harbor, Washington, since 1989. Dramatic interpretation coach Oak Harbor High School, 1977-1983. Journalist Foreign Corrs.

Association, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1973. Lecturer National Honor Society, Bicentennial of Constitution, literacy conferences, Oak Harbor, 1976-1990.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • No Man Is an Island: A Portrait of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew

    (This biography of Lee Kuan Yew, former Premier of Singapo...)

  • Spike Island: Portrait of a British Police Division

    (VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET.)

• Other Work

  • Playwright Murder in the Fast Lane, 1989. Author: Portrait of an Island, 1961. Author: (with Robert Morrison, nonfiction) Bankers' Correspondence, 1964, (with Pat and David Howell play) That's the Spirit, 1991.
    
    Contributor articles to publications.

Membership

President League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, 1990. Co-founder Friends of Whidbey. Founder Save Our Kids Crusade.

Member American Association of University Women, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Reading, theater, travel, swimming, portland trailblazers basketball.

Connections

Married John Paul Sundberg, April 16, 1948. Children: Kris, Jan, Lana, Dane.

father:

Philip James

mother:

Lillian Janette (Kuban) James

spouse:

John Paul Sundberg

children:

Kris Sundberg

Jan Sundberg

Lana Sundberg

Dane Sundberg