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1967 STS Finalist Martha Verbrugge Meets Vice President Humphrey 
2004 STS Finalists Meet President George W. Bush at the White House
First Lady Michelle Obama Invites ISEF Top Winner Amy Chyao to State of the Union Address
1991 STS finalist Yves Jeanty discusses his research with President Bush
1961 STS finalist William Tate meets President Kennedy 
2013 President Obama poses with Broadcom MASTERS finalists
President Truman Speaks to STS Finalists in the Oval Office 
1944 STS finalists meet with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
1960 STS finalists meet Senator Johnson at the Capitol
2014 Society Staff and CEO Meet President Obama at the White House
1983 President Reagan delivers remarks to STS finalists
1993 STS Finalist 1993 Wei-Hwa Huang and President Bill Clinton
1991 President George HW Bush at the STS Awards Gala
1965 President Johnson’s dog performs tricks for STS finalists 
2015 President Obama stands with Nikhil Behari in front of his project
1955 President Dwight Eisenhower visits with STS 1955 finalists Carol MacKay (left) and Roberta Colman (right). For her research project, MacKay developed her own vaccine to test whether mice could be successfully vaccinated against a strain of influenza
2019 STS finalists meet Senator Kamala Harris on Capitol Hill

White House Photo Gallery

Beginning in 1942, the White House has welcomed finalists from the Society for Science’s renowned science research competitions. These finalists have had the opportunity to meet with presidents, vice presidents and first ladies who were eager to promote STEM education and honor our nation’s young talent for developing solutions to society’s most urgent challenges.

This gallery was created to tell the story of the extraordinary relationship the Society has with the White House and their shared commitment to STEM research and scholarship in America.

We hope you draw inspiration as you explore these extraordinary photos. If you would like to share a photo of your visit to the White House as a finalist, please email alumni@societyforscience.org with “White House Gallery” in the subject line.

Please visit our Regeneron ISEF, Regeneron Science Talent Search and Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) pages to learn more about the Society’s world-class science research competitions.

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STS finalists visit President Eisenhower at the White House 

President Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with 1955 STS finalists at the White House. Seated in the front row, second from left, is finalist Roald Hoffmann. Hoffmann went on to win the 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry and become a member of the Society’s Honorary Board.

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STS finalists meet President Eisenhower 

President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits with 1955 STS finalists Carol MacKay (left) and Roberta Colman (right). For her research project, MacKay developed her own vaccine to test whether mice could be successfully vaccinated against a strain of influenza.

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Vice President Nixon visits the exhibit of student projects 

A 1958 STS finalist shows her project to Vice President Richard Nixon. Every year, the 40 finalists exhibit their projects to the public in the nation’s capital.

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STS finalist Leslie Smith discusses his research with Vice President Nixon 

1958 STS finalist Leslie Smith discusses his research project with Vice President Richard Nixon. Smith’s project examined the effects of high voltage, high frequency electricity, using an Oudin coil (seen in the center of the image) to generate the current.

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STS finalist Leslie Smith discusses his research with Vice President Nixon 
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President Dwight Eisenhower with STS finalists in the Oval Office

STS finalists meet with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Oval Office in 1959. The president expressed his wish that more American students be encouraged to study science diligently and pursue scientific careers like the STS finalists.

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STS finalists meet Senator Johnson at the Capitol

1960 STS finalists meet with then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson in his office at the Capitol Building. Finalist Gayle Wilson (second from left), now a member of the Society’s Honorary Board, received a congratulatory letter from Johnson after their meeting.

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President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson address STS finalists in the Rose Garden 

President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson address the 1961 STS finalists in the White House Rose Garden. Finalist Mary Sue Coleman (front row, left) went on to become president of the University of Michigan and chairwoman of the Society’s Board of Trustees.

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STS finalists meet President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson in the Oval Office 

1961 STS finalists pose for a photo with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Photographs from the students’ visit to the White House appeared in newspapers nationwide.

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President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson speak with STS finalists at the White House 

1961 STS finalists meet President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House. The president greeted each student personally and discussed their research projects and future plans with them.

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STS finalists visit President Kennedy’s office 

President John F. Kennedy talks with 1961 STS finalists Rita Manak (front left) and Laura Kaufman (front right) in the Oval Office. Manak’s project examined metabolism in white blood cells and Kaufman’s project investigated factors affecting the perception of lines.

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STS finalist William Tate meets President Kennedy 

1961 STS finalist William Tate meets President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. For his project, Tate tested the efficacy of different mixtures of zinc sulfur as a rocket fuel.

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STS finalists meeting President Kennedy featured on Science News

The cover of the March 17, 1962, edition of Science News shows President John F. Kennedy greeting STS finalists at the White House. Kennedy met the students in the Roosevelt Room (called the “Fish Room” during his presidency because a large fish Kennedy had caught was mounted on the wall).

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