The Tyler Public Library will again sponsor the Great Decisions lecture series beginning Wednesday. (File)

Ed Santos will be the speaker for the first lecture in the Great Decisions series, which opens from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tyler Public Library, 201 S. College Ave. His topic will be “The Philippines and the U.S.”

Santos said he is a proud “American by choice.” Currently in his 28th year of physical therapy practice, he migrated to Tyler from Manila. He is also a business partner with JBC Computers.

Santos said he lived through the Marcos dictatorship and witnessed the emergence of democracy through the 1986 Peoples Revolution in the Philippines.