The Parkland School District Education Foundation has announced the names of the inductees to the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Honor for 2019.

The Wall of Honor, established seven years ago, is located inside the main entrance of the high school.

Wall plaques highlight inductee achievements and include a current photo as well as the inductee’s Parkland senior picture.

The names of individuals on the wall serve as an inspiration to all students to achieve excellence and remind the entire community of Parkland’s commitment to a quality educational program.

Inductees will be honored at the foundation’s eighth annual Distinguished Alumni Gala presented by St. Luke’s University Health Network on May 22 at Muhlenberg College.

The 2019 Distinguished Alumni Wall of Honor Inductees are:

• Rance Block, 1970, president, Block Insurance Agency and 25-year Parkland volunteer;

• Richard G. Irwin, 1973, Culmen International, LLC, former CIA officer and Homeland Security director;

• Curtis Rinsland, 1968, senior research scientist, NASA (deceased);

• Barry Search, 1966, coach, volunteer firefighter, retired Parkland science teacher; and

• Paul Semmel, 1957, co-owner of Excelsior Dairy Farm, retired state representative.

Each year, the Parkland community is invited to nominate individuals for the Wall.

Nominees are evaluated on the following criteria: accomplishments in his or her chosen career, volunteer work or acts of service, a positive impact on people or contributions to others and special recognition or awards.

A selection committee comprised of one member from the Parkland Education Foundation Board, the school district’s administration, a seasoned Parkland teacher, a Gala Committee volunteer and a member from the local business community reviewed the applications and scored them using a rubric.

The five finalists were then approved by the foundation board of directors.