Two alumni from the Moravia Central School District will be inducted into the district's Hall of Achievement Saturday.

The honor recognizes alumni whose personal and professional lives have distinguished them as personifying the type of role model the school district celebrates.

"It is our hope that this is another step in providing our students with positive role models individuals who have walked the same halls as our current student population," Superintendent Michelle Brantner said in a statement. "Through the recognition of these outstanding individuals, we show our sense of pride in our school district, community and our students past, present and future."

This year's inductees are Michelle Hartnett Lyon and William James Newhart.

Lyon, a member of the Class of 1988, received a two-year degree at Cayuga Community College after graduating from Moravia. She continued pursing her education by receiving an bachelor of science degree in accounting from SUNY-Oswego.

For more than 20 years, Lyon has worked at Cornell University and is currently the Director of Budget & Finance for the College of Human Ecology. She married in 1997 and her children attend school in the Moravia district.

Lyon served on the Moravia school board for three terms, served as president of the Moravia Youth Basketball League and enjoyed coaching youth.

According to the district's statement, "Michelle believes that MCS wasn't too big to be a number and wasn't too small to limit the opportunities of education."

A member of the Class of 1956, Newhart played football for Moravia and enjoyed acting in school plays.

After high school, Newhart spent four years in the U.S. Navy, Air Transport Squadron 22, in Norfolk, Virginia. He married Marjorie Keagle and has two children.

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Moravia hall of achievement to induct two alumni Saturday