Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1959
- Top Winner: John Letcher
- 2nd Place: Frank Grimm
- 3rd Place: Carl Lyngholm
- 4th Place: Robert McDonnell
- 5th Place: Joseph Vajk
- 6th Place: William Waterhouse
- Gala Speaker:
John A. McCone
1959 Semifinalist Book
1959 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1959; please contact us with information.
1959 Finalists
| Wilson | Allen | Shelbyville | IN |
| Mary | Anglim | Chicago | IL |
| Paul | Bamberg, Jr | Middletown | RI |
| Kenneth | Berman | Laurelton | NY |
| Paul | Corneil | Baytown | TX |
| Susan | Dwyer | Lafayette | IN |
| Thomas | Emmel | Los Angeles | CA |
| Arnold | Fetell | Brooklyn | NY |
| Edward | Ganz | Bethesda | MD |
| Stephen | Garland | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Ronald | Gates | Marshfield | WI |
| Todd | Gitlin | New York | NY |
| Joseph | Goguen, Jr | Pittsfield | MA |
| Jeffrey | Greenhouse | Hempstead | NY |
| Frank | Grimm | Catonsville | MD |
| Dennis | Henkel | Milwaukee | WI |
| Robert | Higgins | Evanston | IL |
| David | Humphreys | Orangeburg | SC |
| David | Jessup | Greeley | CO |
| Kenneth | Kloss | Loudonville | OH |
| Jonathan | Leavitt | Easton | PA |
| John | Letcher | Lexington | VA |
| Carl | Lyngholm | San Diego | CA |
| Marion | Madrid | New Rochelle | NY |
| Peter | Marks | Forest Hills | NY |
| Leonard | Massey, Jr | Chattanooga | TN |
| Robert | McDonnell | Park Ridge | IL |
| Sherie | Morrison | Concord | CA |
| Ruth | Nelson | Philadelphia | PA |
| Richard | O’Connell | Helena | MT |
| Harold | Peterson, Jr | Valley Stream | NY |
| Robert | Robinson | Natick | MA |
| Miriam | Rosenthal | Brooklyn | NY |
| Carl | Schwalbe | Chillicothe | OH |
| Stevenson | Swigert | Evanston | IL |
| Joseph | Vajk | Princeton Junction | NJ |
| William | Waterhouse | Denver | CO |
| Nancy | Wood | Great Falls | MT |
| Eileen | Yager | New York | NY |
| Jeanne | Zika | Cleveland | OH |