Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1945

  • Top Boy: Edward Kosower
  • Top Girl: Marion Joswick
  • 2nd Place Boy: Robert Hall
  • 2nd Place Girl: Nancy Milburn (Stafford)

Remaining Top Ten in ABC order:

  • Jerome Blackman
  • George Clark
  • Saul Kravetz
  • Richard Milburn
  • Andrew Streitwieser
  • Michael Tinkham

Gala Speaker
Major General F. K. Osborn

1945 Science Talent Search finalists with President Truman at the White House

1945 Semifinalist Book

1945 Alumni Updates

We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1945; please contact us with information.

 

1945 Finalists

John Anson Western Springs IL
Jerome Blackman Far Rockaway NY
George Clark Flossmoor IL
Harold Conroy Brooklyn NY
Robert Diebel Eugene OR
Kirby Dwight, Jr New York NY
Russell Ellis Neenah WI
Jean Gurney East Williston NY
Robert Hall Green Bay WI
Robert Handschumacher Glenside PA
David Hill Syracuse NY
Margaret Hodgson Belmont CA
Marion Joswick Brooklyn NY
James Kauer Cleveland OH
Renate Kaufmann Evanston IL
Matthew Kegelman New York NY
Edward Kosower Brooklyn NY
Saul Kravetz Brooklyn NY
Madeline Levy New York NY
Maynard Michel University City MO
Richard Milburn Newark NJ
Nancy Milburn Watertown NY
Alice Miller Columbia TN
John Moore Scottsville VA
Frederic Petersen Minden NE
Charles Reed Troy IL
Ronald Rich Washington IL
Lois Rochester Albany NY
Halsey Royden Phoenix AZ
Andrew Sessler Jamaica NY
Robert Sinclair Milwaukee WI
Ruth Slater New Rochelle NY
Walter Spink Wakefield RI
Andrew Streitwieser Jamaica NY
Michael Tinkham Ripon WI
John Wahlgren Valley NE
Edward Walker Detroit MI
Hans Weinberger Altoona PA
Ann Wingert Madison WI
Edythe Woodruff Evanston IL