Science Talent Search 1959
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 1959.
Top Winner
John Letcher
2nd Place
Frank Grimm
3rd Place
Carl Lyngholm
4th Place
Robert McDonnell
5th Place
Joseph Vajk
6th Place
William Waterhouse
Gala Speaker
John A. McCone
1959 Alumni Updates
Harold T. Peterson, Jr. Returns to the 70th Science Talent Search
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1959; please contact us with information.
1959 Finalists
| Wilson | Allen | Shelbyville | IN |
| Mary | Anglim | Chicago | IL |
| Paul | Bamberg, Jr | Middletown | RI |
| Kenneth | Berman | Laurelton | NY |
| Paul | Corneil | Baytown | TX |
| Susan | Dwyer | Lafayette | IN |
| Thomas | Emmel | Los Angeles | CA |
| Arnold | Fetell | Brooklyn | NY |
| Edward | Ganz | Bethesda | MD |
| Stephen | Garland | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Ronald | Gates | Marshfield | WI |
| Todd | Gitlin | New York | NY |
| Joseph | Goguen, Jr | Pittsfield | MA |
| Jeffrey | Greenhouse | Hempstead | NY |
| Frank | Grimm | Catonsville | MD |
| Dennis | Henkel | Milwaukee | WI |
| Robert | Higgins | Evanston | IL |
| David | Humphreys | Orangeburg | SC |
| David | Jessup | Greeley | CO |
| Kenneth | Kloss | Loudonville | OH |
| Jonathan | Leavitt | Easton | PA |
| John | Letcher | Lexington | VA |
| Carl | Lyngholm | San Diego | CA |
| Marion | Madrid | New Rochelle | NY |
| Peter | Marks | Forest Hills | NY |
| Leonard | Massey, Jr | Chattanooga | TN |
| Robert | McDonnell | Park Ridge | IL |
| Sherie | Morrison | Concord | CA |
| Ruth | Nelson | Philadelphia | PA |
| Richard | O'Connell | Helena | MT |
| Harold | Peterson, Jr | Valley Stream | NY |
| Robert | Robinson | Natick | MA |
| Miriam | Rosenthal | Brooklyn | NY |
| Carl | Schwalbe | Chillicothe | OH |
| Stevenson | Swigert | Evanston | IL |
| Joseph | Vajk | Princeton Junction | NJ |
| William | Waterhouse | Denver | CO |
| Nancy | Wood | Great Falls | MT |
| Eileen | Yager | New York | NY |
| Jeanne | Zika | Cleveland | OH |