Science Talent Search 1954
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 1954.
Top Winner
Alan Haught
2nd Place
Everett Dade
3rd Place
Maurice Egger
Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order:
Armand Brumer
Marcian (Ted) Hoff Jr.
Carolyn Iltis (Merchant)
Mary Kreek
Edward Scanlon
Charles Stroebel
Harold Ward
Gala Speaker
Lewis L. Strauss
1954 Alumni Updates
Marcian "Ted" Hoff Jr.: National Inventors Hall of Fame
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1954; please contact us with information.
1954 Finalists
| Susan | Barnes | Phoenix | AZ |
| Paul | Baum | New York | NY |
| George | Berry, Jr | South Charleston | WV |
| Marguerite | Bloom | Brooklyn | NY |
| Armand | Brumer | Brooklyn | NY |
| Richard | Bumby | Brooklyn | NY |
| William | Carragan | Troy | NY |
| William | Cooper, Jr. | Greenwood | MS |
| Donald | Crothers | Salem | OR |
| Joel | Cyprus | Wichita Falls | TX |
| Everett | Dade | Dover | NH |
| Eric | Davidson | Piermont | NY |
| Maurice | Egger | Bakersfield | CA |
| Richard | Fiddler | Kirkland | WA |
| Bevan | French | Nutley | NJ |
| Alan | Haught | Bethesda | MD |
| Gary | Hayward | Louisville | KY |
| Marcian | Hoff, Jr | Rochester | NY |
| Carolyn | Iltis | Rochester | NY |
| Anthony | Izzarelli | Stratford | CT |
| Mary | Kreek | Washington | DC |
| Laurel | Landisman | Brooklyn | NY |
| Richard | Levy | Brooklyn | NY |
| Lorraine | Maioriello | Allentown | PA |
| Leroy | Muffler | Claremont | CA |
| William | Phillips | Brooklyn | NY |
| Robert | Rodden | New Brunswick | NJ |
| Janet | Rountree | Evanston | IL |
| Frank | Sandy | New York | NY |
| Edward | Scanlon | Minneapolis | MN |
| Kirby | Scherer, Jr | Evansville | IN |
| Victor | Schmidt | Baltimore | MD |
| James | Seltzer | Lebanon | PA |
| David | Simons | Springfield | OR |
| Richard | Stillman | Flushing | NY |
| Charles | Stroebel | Rochester | MN |
| Carol | Stull | Evanston | IL |
| Jack | Tech | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Harold | Ward | Evanston | IL |
| Coleman | Wolk | Wilton | CT |