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 Semifinalist Book
1955 Alumni Updates
- Society Alum Rolf Barth Understands the Importance of Having Encouraging Parents
- Q&A with STS Finalist Larry Williams
- Students pay tribute to a great mentor
- These 13 Society alumni are Nobel Prize Laureates
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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 |