Science Talent Search 1985
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 1985
Top Winner
Alan Hu
2nd Place
Anna Penn
3rd Place
Michael Friedman
4th Place
Michael Graziano
5th Place
John Kuo
6th Place
Anthony Ciabarra
7th Place
Mark Kantrowitz
8th Place
Michael Gesner
9th Place
Audrey Zelicof
10th Place
Allan Goldstein
Gala Speaker
Dr. James Wyngaarden
1985 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1985; please contact us with information.
1985 Finalists
Edwin | Alfonso Sosa | Quebradilla | PR |
Jeffrey | Ambroziak | Springfield | VA |
Rachel | Amdur | Chicago | IL |
William | Bencze | Saratoga | CA |
Bram | Boroson | Glen Rock | NJ |
Paul | Chan | New York | NY |
Anthony | Ciabarra | Wyncote | PA |
Katharine | Duderstadt | Ann Arbor | MI |
Michael | Friedman | Brooklyn | NY |
Eric | Gaidos | Portland | OR |
Boris | Gelfand | Bronx | NY |
Michael | Gesner | Avon | MA |
Allan | Goldstein | Wyncote | PA |
Michael | Graziano | Buffalo | NY |
Thomas | Heavner | Burke | VA |
Junjiro | Horiuchi | New York | NY |
Alan | Hu | La Jolla | CA |
David | Hyndman | Missoula | MT |
Kimberley | Jacobs | Dover | PA |
Pasi | Janne | New York | NY |
Mark | Kantrowitz | Brookline | MA |
John | Kuo | Whitestone | NY |
Leonard | Lee | Liverpool | NY |
Victor | McCastle | Detroit | MI |
Todd | Minter | Madison | WI |
Huw | Nash | Webster | NY |
Kent | New | Alexandria | VA |
Jonathan | Passner | East Brunswick | NJ |
Louis | Paul | Baldwin | NY |
Anna | Penn | Chicago | IL |
David | Pollen | Lexington | MA |
Laura | Ricci | Rockledge | FL |
John | Rose | Miami | FL |
Kristi | Snell | East Patchogue | NY |
Mark | Swain | Manassas | VA |
Sheryl | Tannahill | Plantation | FL |
Marilyn | Thompson | Saint Joseph | MO |
Bill | Tsai | Northridge | CA |
Anne | Wilkinson | Evanston | IL |
Audrey | Zelicof | Forest Hills | NY |