Science Talent Search 1944
Every year for over seven decades, forty finalists have been chosen to attend and compete in the Science Talent Institute week in Washington, DC. This page is a tribute to the memories and alumni of the Science Talent Search of 1944.
Top Boy
Amber Davidson
Top Girl
Anne Van Buren (Hagopian)
2nd Place Boy
Robert Kraichnan
2nd Place Girl
Mary Burgess (Bond)
Remaining Top Ten in ABC order:
Nancy Durant
Kenneth Ford
Murray Gerstenhaber
Lionel Jaffe
Rodman Jenkins
Irving Rozian
Gala Speaker
Dr. Karl Compton
1944 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1944; please contact us with information.
A Nobel Pursuit: Ben Mottleson STS '44
Ken Ford Answers your Quantum Questions
1944 Finalists
| Ruth | Briehl | Fennimore | WI |
| Eleanor | Brown | Edwardsville | IL |
| Mary | Burgess | Milton | NY |
| Charles | Butler | Madison | WI |
| Royal | Corr | Milwaukee | WI |
| Gilbert | Daniels | Brooklyn | NY |
| Amber | Davidson | Ft Bridger | WY |
| Nancy | Davis | Williamson | WV |
| Rosemary | Deiters, S.C. | Cincinnati | OH |
| Nancy | Durant | Plainfield | NJ |
| Edmond | Dyett, Jr | Rome | NY |
| Albert | Earle | Aldan | PA |
| Wildon | Fickett | Tucson | AZ |
| Kenneth | Ford | Cleveland Heights | OH |
| Murray | Gerstenhaber | New York | NY |
| Leon | Green | Passaic | NJ |
| George | Hardy | Pass-A-Grille | FL |
| Joyce | Harrell | Maplewood | NJ |
| Lee | Hershenson | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Richard | Hinkle | Tahoe | CA |
| Theodore | Houck | Rochester | NY |
| Eric | Howlett | Roslyn | NY |
| Ellen | Irving | Bronx | NY |
| Lionel | Jaffe | Brooklyn | NY |
| Rodman | Jenkins | Ft McClellan | AL |
| Patricia | Johnston | Rochester | NY |
| Robert | Kraichnan | Elkins Park | PA |
| Victor | Mayper, Jr | New York | NY |
| Ben | Mottelson | LaGrange | IL |
| Joan | Murray | Whitesboro | NY |
| William | Newcomb | Garden City | NY |
| Wayland | Noland | Madison | WI |
| Jacques | Poirier | Washington | DC |
| Irving | Rozian | Hazel Park | MI |
| Cyril | Stelzenmuller | Birmingham | AL |
| Steadman | Thompson | Columbus | OH |
| Donald | Tschudy | Marghte | NJ |
| Anne | Van Buren | New York | NY |
| Nan | Watson | Atlanta | GA |
| Leonard | Zablow | New York | NY |