Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1952

  • Top Winner: Karl Muench
  • 2nd Place: Robert Braden
  • 3rd Place: Louise Hay (Schmir)

Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order:

  • John Armstrong
  • Richard Bideaux
  • Richard Dolen
  • Ralph Griswold
  • Dana Mitchell
  • Judith Prewitt (Shimansky)
  • Ilmar Raudsep

Gala Speaker
Walter G. Whitman

1952 Science Talent Search finalists with President Truman at the White House

1952 Semifinalist Book

1952 Alumni Updates

We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1952; please contact us with information.

 

1952 Finalists

John Armstrong Schenectady NY
Joel Berne Brooklyn NY
Richard Bideaux Tucson AZ
Byron Blanchard Omaha NE
Robert Braden Princeton NJ
Ruth Capp Bell Norfolk VA
Robert Colman Neponsit NY
Charles Dietrich Edwardsville IL
Richard Dolen New York NY
Eugene Epstein Los Angeles CA
Hardy Finch, III Riverside CT
Paul Forman New Rochelle NY
Wilma Gabbay Forest Hills NY
David Goldstein Rochester NY
Ralph Griswold Atlanta GA
Harry Hartmann Milltown NJ
Louise Hay New York NY
Russell Hobbie Springfield MA
William Hooker Washington DC
Alice Kehoe Mount Vernon NY
Leslie Klevay Skokie IL
Philip Lieberman Brooklyn NY
George Luhrmann,Jr Cedar Brook NJ
Donald McLeod Rochester NY
Mary Meade Connersville IN
Paul Messinger Los Angeles CA
Mary Miller Poughkeepsie NY
Dana Mitchell New Rochelle NY
Karl Muench Evanston IL
Russell Noyes, Jr Bloomington IN
Emmanuel Papadakis Omaha NE
Robert Potthoff Urbana IL
Judith Prewitt Brooklyn NY
Ilmar Raudsep New York NY
Paul Richards Riverside CA
Patricia Saffir Livingston MT
John Seaman Baldwin NY
David Smith Schenectady NY
Charlotte Ware Phoenix AZ
Bernard Weiss Forest Hills NY