Science Talent Search 1949
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 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
Henry Landau
Thomas Martin
Nicholas Reinhardt
Ursula Santer (Victor)
Howard Shugart
Gala Speaker
Basil O'Connor
1949 Alumni Updates
A Nobel Pursuit: Walter Gilbert STS '49
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1949; please contact us with information.
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 |