Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1953
- Top Winner: Edward Phillips
- 2nd Place: Paul Monsky
- 3rd Place: Martin Tangora
Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order:
- Virgil Barnes II
- Alan Moffet
- David Mumford
- Arthur Pearlmutter
- Joanna Russ
- John Willis
- Jack Wolfe
Gala Speaker:
Dr. Leonard Carmichael
1953 Semifinalist Book
1953 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1953; please contact us with information.
1953 Finalists
| Virgil | Barnes, II | Austin | TX |
| Paul | Brayton | Los Angeles | CA |
| Merle | Bush | Norfolk | VA |
| Harry | Cassidy | Painted Post | NY |
| Etsuyo | Choi | New York | NY |
| Dennis | Clark | Los Angeles | CA |
| Richard | Claytor | Tulsa | OK |
| Emma | Duchane | New York | NY |
| Thayer | French | Sewickley | PA |
| Michael | Grant | Oshkosh | WI |
| Karen | Green | Phoenix | AZ |
| Charles | Gross | Brooklyn | NY |
| Kenneth | Harte | Scarsdale | NY |
| David | Isles | Cranford | NJ |
| Mary | Kirtley | Mansfield | OH |
| James | Larson | Kansas City | MO |
| Jonathan | Lubin | Staten Island | NY |
| Edward | Menhinick | Dunwoody | GA |
| Alan | Moffet | Rochester | MN |
| Paul | Monsky | Brooklyn | NY |
| David | Mumford | Exeter | NH |
| Barbara | Offenhartz | Bloomington | IN |
| Arthur | Pearlmutter | Forest Hills | NY |
| Edward | Phillips | Lincoln | MA |
| Dominick | Pirone | Mount Vernon | NY |
| Merle | Poller | Brooklyn | NY |
| Howard | Resnikoff | Brooklyn | NY |
| John | Reynolds | Glen Ellyn | IL |
| Robert | Rubinstein | Brooklyn | NY |
| Joanna | Russ | New York | NY |
| Laurence | Schmoyer | Allentown | PA |
| Robert | Shore | Brooklyn | NY |
| David | Sosin | Highland Park | NJ |
| Norman | Strax | Great Neck | NY |
| David | Swarner | Valparaiso | IN |
| Martin | Tangora | Evanston | IL |
| John | Willis | Pasadena | CA |
| John | Winter | Vermillion | SD |
| Jack | Wolfe | Portland | OR |
| Nancy | Wright | Atlanta | GA |