The 2019 Hall of Fame class is the late Jean Cashin, who served 24 years as Information Specialist and the face of Appalachian Trail Conservancy at its Harpers Ferry, WV headquarters; the late Paul Fink, a pioneer hiker and the single person most responsible for laying out the Appalachian Trail in the southern states; Don King, who has spent more than 40 years with the National Park Service acquiring land to protect the A.T. and other wild spaces; and the late Bob Proudman, who spent 50 years working with ATC and others as a consultant, trail designer and recreational safety expert and had extensive outdoor experience as a mountaineer and adventurer.