In the fifth class of the Parkway Hall of Fame, the school was represented by five graduates. Those alumni include Robert Clark, Dr. Steven Harlan, Ray Hartmann, Mark Lemley, and Dr. Stephen Lieberman. The class was chosen by a committee of 25 people who evaluated nominations. The committee scours over a landscape of 70,000 Parkway alumni to find the most deserving recipients of this honor.

“We have people being inducted from all over the world. I like meeting new people, and I love to showcase the excellence in education that Parkway represents,” said Jan Misuraca, executive director of the Parkway Alumni Association.

Misuraca was one of the organizers of the association.

“Some friends from my graduating class decided they wanted to get it organized and asked me to be involved,” Misuraca said. “Once the paperwork was done, the main issue was compiling a database and at that time there were about 40,000 grads, starting with the class of ’59.”

Some hall-of-famers reminisced about their high school days after the ceremony.

“It’s interesting that it had been many years since I looked back and found some real connections to my current success and the fundamentals that actually came from my experience at Parkway,” said Robert Clark, chief executive officer of Clayco. and class of ‘77.

Clark was surprised when he got the call that he was going to be an inductee for this fifth Hall of Fame class and the first since 2010.

“I was really shocked to learn that over 70,000 people have graduated from Parkway since its inception, so it’s an honor to be among such a small group inducted this year,” Clark said.

Mark Lemley, director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology, graduated in 1984.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to be very successful in life, and I’ve received a number of awards, but this one has a special place in my heart because my years at Parkway were so formative,” Lemley said.

Lemley is also a professor at the Stanford Law School, and he said the Central experience gave him an education in a lot of different areas.

“I learned a number of skills at Parkway that were critical to my success, on the debate team but also in a variety of classes,” Lemley said. “My experience in debate was particularly important; it taught me not only to speak in public without fear but to think quickly and logically in dissecting an argument.”

The Hall of Fame induction news caused Lemley to look back on some of his high school days. He even found a Parkway colleague at Stanford Law.

“It has also brought old friends out of the woodwork, and I even discovered that one of my colleagues here at Stanford Law School graduated from West the same year I graduated from Central,” Lemley said.

Misuraca said she enjoys helping acknowledge the Parkway alumni who have made a difference in the world.

“When you listen to the mission of Parkway – to ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world, the members of the Hall of Fame all embody that principle,” Misuraca said.

Thirteen others were inducetd from the three other Parkway high schools with six from West, four from North, and three from South.