Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1944
- Top Boy: Amber Davidson
- Top Girl: Anne Van Buren (Hagopian)
- 2nd Place Boy: Robert Kraichnan
- 2nd Place Girl: Mary Burgess (Bond)
Remaining Top Ten in ABC order:
- Nancy Durant
- Kenneth Ford
- Murray Gerstenhaber
- Lionel Jaffe
- Rodman Jenkins
- Irving Rozian
Gala Speaker
Dr. Karl Compton
1944 Semifinalist Book
1944 Alumni Updates
- A Nobel Pursuit: Ben Mottleson STS ’44
- Ken Ford Answers your Quantum Questions
- Westinghouse STS alum publishes science memoir
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1944; please contact us with information.
1944 Finalists
| Ruth | Briehl | Fennimore | WI |
| Eleanor | Brown | Edwardsville | IL |
| Mary | Burgess | Milton | NY |
| Charles | Butler | Madison | WI |
| Royal | Corr | Milwaukee | WI |
| Gilbert | Daniels | Brooklyn | NY |
| Amber | Davidson | Ft Bridger | WY |
| Nancy | Davis | Williamson | WV |
| Rosemary | Deiters, S.C. | Cincinnati | OH |
| Nancy | Durant | Plainfield | NJ |
| Edmond | Dyett, Jr | Rome | NY |
| Albert | Earle | Aldan | PA |
| Wildon | Fickett | Tucson | AZ |
| Kenneth | Ford | Cleveland Heights | OH |
| Murray | Gerstenhaber | New York | NY |
| Leon | Green | Passaic | NJ |
| George | Hardy | Pass-A-Grille | FL |
| Joyce | Harrell | Maplewood | NJ |
| Lee | Hershenson | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Richard | Hinkle | Tahoe | CA |
| Theodore | Houck | Rochester | NY |
| Eric | Howlett | Roslyn | NY |
| Ellen | Irving | Bronx | NY |
| Lionel | Jaffe | Brooklyn | NY |
| Rodman | Jenkins | Ft McClellan | AL |
| Patricia | Johnston | Rochester | NY |
| Robert | Kraichnan | Elkins Park | PA |
| Victor | Mayper, Jr | New York | NY |
| Ben | Mottelson | LaGrange | IL |
| Joan | Murray | Whitesboro | NY |
| William | Newcomb | Garden City | NY |
| Wayland | Noland | Madison | WI |
| Jacques | Poirier | Washington | DC |
| Irving | Rozian | Hazel Park | MI |
| Cyril | Stelzenmuller | Birmingham | AL |
| Steadman | Thompson | Columbus | OH |
| Donald | Tschudy | Marghte | NJ |
| Anne | Van Buren | New York | NY |
| Nan | Watson | Atlanta | GA |
| Leonard | Zablow | New York | NY |