The Wakefield High School Education Foundation will induct seven new Hall of Fame members at an awards ceremony at the school on May 17.
The Hall of Fame was created to recognize alumni or staff who have made significant contributions to society or who have brought acclaim or recognition to Wakefield. Those selected for the Hall of Fame have a widespread reputation, and serve as models to which students can aspire, foundation officials said.
Those honored as the sixth class inducted into the Wakefield High School Hall of Fame include Dr. William Lang, who graduated from Wakefield in 1979 and from West Point in 1983. Lang served as the Army White House Physician from 1996 to 1999 and was deputy director of the White House Medical Unit and deputy physician to the president in 2000. He also has served as assistant chief medical officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.