Tickets are on sale for this special dinner and awards ceremony
The Times
The Bensalem Education Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award Committee invites you to join them as they honor a group of outstanding Bensalem High School graduates.
Sitting in a Bensalem classroom this year could be one of this country’s most influential people of their generation. Did you know Bensalem High School has amongst its graduates:
- Palak Patel (Class of 1999), a Hollywood producer and executive vice president of Sony Pictures
- Daniel Reimold (1999), the creator of an internationally recognized journal on college media
- David Issadore, Ph.D (2000), a biomedical chip developer used for the early detection of pancreatic cancer
- Barbara Simmons (1970), an award-winning peace and nonviolence advocate
- Joy Deangdeelert Cho (1997), one of Time Magazine’s 30 most influential people on the Internet in 2015 and 2016
- William Stinger (1967), a world-renowned architect who designs buildings for the U.S. State Department
- Aaron Jay Kernis (1977), a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- Michael Risich (1992), a cutting-edge automotive technology software developer
- Robert “Tommy” Tomlinson (1964), a state senator
- Derek Green (1988), a Philadelphia city councilman
- Carol J. McIlwain (1978), an award-winning Naval Intelligence and Department of Defense engineer
- Howard Palamarchuk, DPM (1971), a podiatrist who has worked extensively with Team USA and the Boston Marathon
- Nicole Henry (1991), an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist
- Richard Fiorentino (1967), a Harvard MBA and cofounder of a multi-patented computer software company
These 14 individuals will be receiving the Bensalem Distinguished Alumni Award at the inaugural induction ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 21 following a dinner in their honor that begins at 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online through PayPal at www.bensalemsd.org/Page/13501.
Join us for the awards and dinner ceremony, and hear the stories of these amazing Bensalem graduates who have made an impact on the world around them through business, military service, medicine, humanitarian pursuits and the arts.
