Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1949

  • Top Winner: Dwight Taylor
  • 2nd Place: Caroline Herzenberg (Littlejohn)
  • 3rd Place: Pierre Conner Jr.

Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order:

  • Thomas Barr Jr.
  • John Kimball
  • 亨利·兰道
  • Thomas Martin
  • Nicholas Reinhardt
  • Ursula Santer (Victor)
  • Howard Shugart

Gala Speaker
Basil O’Connor

1949 Science Talent Search finalists with President Truman at the White House

1949 Semifinalist Book

1949 Alumni Updates

We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1949; pleasecontact uswith information.

Dr. Richard Hitchcock of Westinghouse introduced ‘junior,’ the portable Van de Graaff generator to STS 1949 finalists

1949 Finalists

Robert Anigstein Galveston TX
Michael Bach Flushing NY
Rosalyn Baronsky Schenectady NY
Thomas Barr, Jr Nashville TN
Norman Bauman Brooklyn NY
Robert Blattner Shorewood WI
Vorsila Bohrer Prospect Heights IL
Elihu Boldt New Brunswick NJ
Richard Bray Eugene OR
Jack Brett New York NY
Martin Brilliant Brooklyn NY
Garrett Clough Newburgh NY
Pierre Conner, Jr LaFayette LA
Fritz Dell Galena OH
Myron George Topeka KS
Walter Gilbert Washington DC
Alan Goldman Brooklyn NY
Caroline Herzenberg Oklahoma City OK
Laveta Johnson Oak Park IL
John Kaufman Grinnell IA
John Kimball Andover MA
William Kriegsman Scarsdale NY
Henry Landau New York NY
Erika LaPerch Bronx NY
Thomas Martin Cleveland OH
Edwin Merz St Louis MO
Roger Nelson Spring City UT
Helen Oels Philadelphia PA
Charles Plantz Pittsburgh PA
Nicholas Reinhardt Newtown OH
Ursula Santer Kew Gardens NY
Paul Shiman Maplewood NJ
Howard Shugart Glendale CA
Margaretta Stone Philadelphia PA
George Stout St Louis MO
Dwight Taylor Altadena CA
Edward Thorp Lomita CA
Anne Walowitz Rego Park NY
Carl Werntz Washington DC
Herbert Winston Forest Hills NY