When Paul McNulty visits South Hills Country Club in May, it wont be to run on the golf course as he did almost 40 years ago when he was a member of the Baldwin High School cross-country team.

Instead, he will be among 11 alumni including Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, class of 1952 who will be inducted into the districts first Distinguished Highlander Alumni Hall of Fame.

Sen. Hatch is unable to attend the gala, but his acceptance will be shown on video during the event that evening, according to his press secretary, Matt Whitlock.

The gala is part of a series of year-long festivities to celebrate the Baldwin-Whitehall School Districts 75th anniversary.

The hall recognizes the personal and professional achievements of alumni and the list of inductees is awhos who among Baldwin High School graduates.Alumni will be inducted every other year.

Mr. Hatch was student body president and played basketball and boxed at Baldwin High School. He also played the piano, organ and violin.

I had friends who were quite different than me, so I discovered the value of finding common ground, he said in a statement. I learned from teachers who challenged me to expand my horizons and to seek opportunities to make a difference in the world around me.

Im honored to accept a nomination into the Highlander Hall of Fame. This award is meaningful to me, not because of any success Ive had since I left Baldwin High School, but for the transformative experiences I had in those halls. Experiences that laid the groundwork for anything positive Ive done since, Mr. Hatch said.

Mr. McNulty, class of 1976, is Grove City Colleges new president. He spent more than 30 years working in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Department of Justice. As a U.S. attorney, he prosecuted terrorist cases following the 9/11 attacks.

He fondly remembers giving his commencement address during that bicentennial year and playing one of the leads in the high schools first large-scale musical, Brigadoon.

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Baldwin High School to honor distinguished alumni