Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1955

  • Top Winner: Frederick Greenleaf
  • 2nd Place: Kathleen Rhodes (Hable)
  • 3rd Place: Vaughn Aandahl

Remaining Top Ten in ABC order:

  • Tom Briggs
  • Charles Eichman
  • Roald Hoffmann
  • Winston Marshall
  • David Nergaard
  • James Potter
  • Daniel Wilson

Gala Speaker:
Donald A. Quarles

1955 Science Talent Search finalists at the White House with President Eisenhower. Westinghouse STS.
Roald Hoffmann received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theories on the course of chemical reactions.

1955 Finalists

Vaughn Aandahl Denver CO
David Bachrach Brooklyn NY
Rolf Barth Jackson Heights NY
Tom Briggs San Francisco CA
Robert Buccino Stratford CT
Carol Cartwright south Charleston WV
Roberta Colman Forest Hills NY
Charles Eichman Audubon NJ
Robert Fassnacht South Bend IN
Mary Ella Feinleib Brooklyn NY
David Fleishhacker San Francisco CA
Edward Foster Bethel CT
Michael Fried Flushing NY
Frederick Greenleaf Allentown PA
John Harriman Appleton WI
Alice Hartley Easton CT
James Havey, Jr McClellan AFB CA
Roald Hoffmann Woodside NY
Janet Jones Omaha NE
Agris Kalnajs Newtonville MA
Bernard Kripke New Rochelle NY
Stephen Levine Brooklyn NY
John MacDonald University MS
Carol MacKay Canastota NY
Winston Marshall Nashville TN
David Nergaard Princeton NJ
David Penney Jackson MS
James Potter Rockford IL
Jack Reed Evanston IL
Kathleen Rhodes Loyal WI
Michael Rosen Brooklyn NY
A Shilling Fremont OH
Martin Sommerfield Chicago IL
John Stone Charleston WV
Patricia Tate Greenville IL
Maurice Vaughan Wilmington DE
Stephen Webb Urbana IL
Norman Webster, III Trenton NJ
Lawrence Williams Youngstown OH
Daniel Wilson Kansas City KS