Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1979
- Top Winner: Ron Unz
- 2nd Place: David Shykind
- 3rd Place: Eileen Chang
- 4th Place: David LePoire
- 5th Place: Geoffrey Frank
- 6th Place: Gregory Sorkin
- 7th Place: Michael Urciuoli
- 8th Place: Julia Little
- 9th Place: Ernest Moy
- 10th Place: Ashfaq Munshi
- Gala Speaker: Dr. Richard C. Atkinson

1979 Semifinalist Book
1979 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumniĀ from the Science Talent Search in 1979; please contact us with information.
1979 Finalists
- Wesley Allen, Dickson ,TN
- Loren Babcock, Buffalo, NY
- James Bellingham, FPO San Fancisco, CA
- Mitchell Berkson, Rego Park , NY
- Arani Bose, Bronx, NY
- Eileen Chang, Forest Hills, NY
- Christy Clark, McAlester, OK
- George Conklin, Waldwick, NJ
- Gregory Dale, Arlington, VA
- Douglas Durig, Columbia, SC
- Geoffrey Frank, Mississippi State, MS
- Billy Hardas, Vandalia, IL
- Ira Kaplan, Brooklyn, NY
- John Karis, Durham, NC
- Steven Kilberg, Merritt Island, FL
- Nanda Kirkpatrick, Cypress, TX
- Jeffrey Klein, Flushing, NY
- Myung-Moo Lee, Oxon Hill, MD
- David LePoire, Holland, MI
- Julia Little, Saint Albans, WV
- Ken Liu, New York, NY
- Ernest Moy, Dix Hills, NY
- Ashfaq Munshi, New York, NY
- Bertha Olazabal, Hialeah, FL
- Jeffrey Peck, Herkimer, NY
- Michael Phillips, Springfield, VA
- William Pribyl, Arlington, TX
- Jeffrey Rogers, Chicago, IL
- Patricia Sandborn, Fort Collins, CO
- Samuel, Shaffer, Rego Park Queens, NY
- Brian Sheppard, New York, NY
- David Shykind, Silver Spring, MD
- Tina Siu, Alhambra, CA
- Gregory Sorkin, Bellerose, NY
- Susan Thibodeau, Clarksburg, MD
- Elizabeth Thiele, Fort Smith, AR
- Ron Unz, North Hollywood, CA
- John Urbahn, New York, NY
- Michael Urciuoli, Bayside, NY
- Susan Wood-Ellis, Seward, NE