Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1950
- Top Winner: Saul Sternberg
- 2nd Place: Donald McCormick
- 3rd Place: Malcom Gordon
Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order:
- Robert Detenbeck
- Lenore Durkee
- William Gunter Jr.
- Dennis Malone
- Cynthia Peterson (Wyeth)
- William Reeves Jr.
- William Tifft
Gala Speaker
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
1950 Semifinalist Book
1950 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1950; please contact us with information.
1950 Finalists
| William | Beaver | Albany | NY |
| Alice | Chesley | Phoenix | AZ |
| Paul | Cohen | Brooklyn | NY |
| Patricia | DeCoursey | Forest Hills | NY |
| Robert | Detenbeck | Kenmore | NY |
| Lenore | Durkee | Utica | NY |
| Noel | Elliott | Kellogg | ID |
| Gerald | Feinberg | Bronx | NY |
| Joel | Finegan | Gary | IN |
| Cynthia | Fisher | Forest Hills | NY |
| Ronald | Fuchs | Altadena | CA |
| Sheldon | Glashow | New York | NY |
| Malcolm | Gordon | Brooklyn | NY |
| William | Gunter, Jr | Bellingham | WA |
| Julie | Hinds | Oswego | OR |
| Stanley | Korenman | Brooklyn | NY |
| Sol | Krongelb | New Jersey | NJ |
| David | Lubell | Brooklyn | NY |
| Elihu | Lubkin | Brooklyn | NY |
| Dennis | Malone | Kenmore | NY |
| Nicholas | Markoff | Huntington | NY |
| Donn | Martin | Mariemont | OH |
| Donald | McCormick | Oak Ridge | TN |
| Winifred | McPortland | Dorchester | MA |
| Cynthia | Peterson | Philadelphia | PA |
| Donald | Piskule | Kimball | SD |
| Edward | Posner | Brooklyn | NY |
| William | Reeves, Jr | Springfield | OR |
| John | Rippon | Sylvania | OH |
| Victor | Rosen, Jr | Beverly Hills | CA |
| Lawrence | Rosler | Brooklyn | NY |
| Jerome | Siegel | Brooklyn | NY |
| Lisa | Steiner | Kew Gardens | NY |
| Saul | Sternberg | Bronx | NY |
| Alan | Sussman | Long Island City | NY |
| William | Tifft | Seymour | CT |
| Alice | Tomboulian | Ithaca | NY |
| Edel | Wasserman | Brooklyn | NY |
| Edward | Wawszkiewicz | North Smithfield | RI |
| Phillip | Zeidenberg | Brooklyn | NY |