The intent of the HFCSD  Wall of Distinction is to establish a tradition that honors highly successful graduates who have gone on to distinguished careers in various fields or who have become role models in the community. The Wall also demonstrates to students and the community the caliber of student produced by the Hudson Falls School District. The purpose of the Wall of Distinction is to provide inspiration and motivation for students to excel.

The next Wall of Distinction Induction Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the National Honor Society Induction on Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at 1:00pm in the High School Auditorium.
 

Candidates for the Wall of Distinction must:

  ~Have achieved a high level of professionalism, distinction, or prominence.
  ~Be of sufficient moral character as to represent a positive role model to students in the school district.
  ~Have graduated from Hudson Falls High School and have been out of school a minimum of fifteen years.

Wall of Distinction Inductees
The first ceremony was held in the fall of 2002, to coincide with the annual induction for the Sandy Hill Chapter of National Honor Society.

2012 Recipients:

J. Andrew Collins '58 - Hudson Falls Merchant and former Executive Director of the Adirondack-Saratoga Chapter of the American Red Cross

Paul M. Dietrich '79 - Vice President and Partner of Carlton Funeral Home

Dr. Amy M. Fuller '81 - Musical Arts/Vocal Performance

Amy E. Hogan-Moulton M.D. '84 - Specialist in the field of Nephrology

Robert Hogan M.D. '82 - Specialist in the field of Cardiology

Rebecca Loftus Lusignan '93 - Physical Therapist

2011 Recipients:

Tony DeSare ’94 – Recording Artist and Musician

Tedd Firth ’94 – Musician

David DeCamilla ’66 – President, DeCamilla Capital Management

Andrew M. Doty ’44 – Author

Ann M. (Flanigan) LaFave ’86 – Director of Student Services for Cornell University

Dr. Jesica Chard Trello Turner ’91 - Educator

2010 Recipients:

Robert L. Desjardins '90 - Administrative Director, Image Guided Radiation Therapy of Latham, NY

Bertram J. Dube '35, posthumously - long time School District Attorney and Clerk of the Board of Education, Hudson Falls Central School District

Mark (Martin) C. Gage '72 - Deputy Minority Chief of Staff, Senior Policy Advisor, Director of European Affairs for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives          

Nancy Gleason Groenwegen '75 - President of the Civil Service Commission, Commissioner of the NYS Department of Civil Service 

James R. Ives '88 - Assistant Inspector General for Investigative Operations for the Department of Defense                                                                                                             

Jonathan Newell  '82 - Pianist, Guitarist, Composer, Instructor

2009 Recipients:

Robert F. Bristol, '58 - Chair, CEO, and President, Saratoga Associates Landscape Architects, Architects, Engineers and Planners, P.C.

Synthia Woodcock-Dang, '62 - Retired English as a Second Language Teacher, K-12, University, and Adult Programs in U.S. A., Thailand, Laos, and Iran, Adjunct Professor at UMBC and Montgomery College                                                                                         

Holly Januszkiewicz Gregory, '74 - Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P.             

Mary Ellen Hafner, '64 - Executive Director, Warren County Head Start                    

Jill A. Jenkins, Ph.D., '77 - Research Microbiologist, National Wetlands Research Center

David P. Reed, '72 - President of North American Operations and Corporate Vice President, Ceradyne, Inc.

2008 Recipients:

Richard Bartlett '85 – Managing Director, Head of Equities for the Americas, Citigroup

Dr. Amy Jane Cadieux '83 – Gynecology and Obstetrics Private Practice and Clinical Director of Obstetrics Rotation, University of PA

Robert Daly '48, posthumously – Dept. Chair, Mathematics Department, Hudson Falls Central School

Marcia Etu '72 – Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Practice of Dr. Joel Solomon

Joseph Murphy '56 – Elementary Teacher, Superintendent of Schools, Fort Edward and North Warren Central School District

Sean Ryan '90 – Quarterbacks' Coach, NY Giants Football Team

2007 Recipients:
Kate Hogan '81 - Warren County District Attorney
Jennifer DePalo '92 - Ballerina, Soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company
Russell Saville '86 - Cargill Animal Nutrition Dairy Management Consultant
Thomas Yole '48 - Past Principal of Hudson Falls Junior High School
Hal Mayforth '71 - Cartoonist
Joanne Pierce '59 - Head of Maternal & Child Healthcare,Newcomb Hospital, Vineland, NJ

2006 Recipients:
Mary B. Cortese '50, Owner, Mary Cortese Dance Studio
Michael Jones '68, Owner, Niche Concepts and JonesCam Camera Systems
Jason E. Maynard '89, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Morris Nassivera '43- Partner, DeCaN Construction, Former Mayor of Hudson Falls
David H. Rozell '60, Retired Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services at WSWHE BOCES
Rear Admiral Almon C. Wilson '42, MC USN, Physician-Posthumous

2005 recipients: 
Richard J. Carota ‘54
John  J. Dickinson ‘74
Dr. Elizabeth L. Lewis-Michl ‘71
Dr. John C. Nassivera ‘68
Dr. Aileen T. Townsend ‘61
Mr. William E. Philion

2004 recipients:
Christopher Belden '78   
Judith Bronk '59  
Angelo Catalfamo '65
Lynda Karig Hohmann '64  
Lee Potvin '51
J. Walter Juckett   

2003 recipients:
Michael Cameron '77 
Gary Wilson '67 
Dan Cameron '74
Maureen Casey '80 
Mary Cameron '74 
William Bronk '34  

Inaugural 2002 recipients:
John A. Leary '36 
Anthony Luciano '40 
Richard Hogan '48
Patrick McCullough '70
Anne C. Steele '66  
Dana King