Young scientists compete in talent search.Persistence, curiosity, and hard work have paid off for 40 high school seniors selected this week as finalists in the 52nd Westinghouse Science Talent Search. More than 1,600 students from 684 schools entered the search, a competition for scholarships as well as for recognition of scientific potential. It is sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corp. in partnership with Science Service, Inc., in Washington, D.C. The 13 female and 27 male finalists will come to Washington for the Science Talent Institute March 4 through 8. During this all-expenses-paid trip, they will meet prominent researchers, visit local science institutions, and display their projects at the National Academy of Sciences. A panel of eight scientists will interview each finalist and select one to receive a $40,000 scholarship ($10,000 per year). The runner-up will be awarded $30,000, and the third-place winner, $20,000, both over four years. Three finalists will each receive $15,000 scholarships, and four more will earn $10,000 each. The remaining 30 finalists will receive $1,000 each. "Perhaps the most exciting thing about the Westinghouse Science Talent Search is that these students, from all over the country, represent a new generation of young Americans," says Alfred S. McLaren, president of Science Service, Inc. "Their selection is not only a tribute to their enthusiasm, dedication, and hard work, but to the teachers and parents who encouraged and supported them." This year's finalists, age 16 to 18, are: CALIFORNIA: George C. Lee George C. Lee (born November 23, 1936) is an American former basketball player and coach. A 6'4" forward from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA Draft. , Mission San Jose H.S., Fremont; Constance Lee Chen, La Jolla H.S., La Jolla. COLORADO: Mahesh Kalyana Mahanthappa, Fairview H.S., Boulder. CONNECTICUT: Moon Duchin, Stamford H.S., Stamford. FLORIDA: Ha Van Nguyen, Pensacola H.S., Pensacola. HAWAII: Michael Ward Itagaki Punahou School, Honolulu. ILLINOIS: Elizabeth Michele Pine, Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, Aurora. INDIANA: Ann Nicole Zawistoski, Edgewood H.S., Ellettsville; Alexis Laura Michael, Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, Muncie. KANSAS: Ravi Shanker Kamath, Shawnee Mission East H.S., Prairie Village. MARYLAND: Mian-Lai Liu, Walt Whitman H.S, Bethesda; Ken Sandor Wang, Eleanor Roosevelt H.S., Greenbelt; Steve Shaw-Tang Chien, Wei-Hwa Huang, and Elizabeth Dexter Mann, Montgomery Blair H.S., Silver Spring. MINNESOTA: Mark Alan Johnson, Aitkin H.S. Aitkin; Mayukh Vasant Sukhatme, Spring Lake Park Spring Lake Park is the name of some places in the United States of America:
MISSISSIPPI: Judah David Friedman, Saint Andrew's Episcopal School, Jackson; Robin Nanette Nazaretian, Long Beach Senior H.S. Long Beach. NEW MEXICO: Blake W. Thomas, Moriarty H.S., Moriarty, NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Youngju Ryu Ryū (竜 or りゅう or リュウ Ryū , Bronx High School of Science The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H.S. 445) is a specialized New York City public high school. , Bronx; Zachary Zisha Freyberg, Midwood High School Midwood High School, at Brooklyn College, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City. The school, which is administered by the New York City Department of Education, has over 3,500 students and is overcrowded; the school is at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn; Dayida Alpert Rapoport, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway, Cedarhurst; Martin Adrian Fisch and Erwin Lin, Stuyvesant H.S, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; Jonathan Gregory Shafter, Paul D. Schreiber Senior H.S., Port Washington; Willis Huang, Roslyn H.S., Roslyn Heights. NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. : Lenhard Lee Ng, Chapel Hill H.S.; Anthony Yu-Chung Ku, North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Durham. OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). : Daniel Cramer Stevenson, Hudson H.S. Hudson. TEXAS: Cyrus Pouraghabagher, Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science, Denton; Juan Carlos Aguayo, Dunbar H.S., Ft. Worth. VIRGINIA: Lea GabrielIe Potts, Mount Vernon H.S., Alexandria; Andrew Olstrom Dittmer and Michael Steven Montemerlo, Thomas Jefferson High School Thomas Jefferson High School may refer to:
WASHINGTON: Aaron James Passey, Bothell Senior H.S., Bothell. WEST VIRGINIA: Suzee Eurie Lee, Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy (ĕk`sətər), at Exeter, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1781, opened 1783 by John Phillips. It has been an influential preparatory school and has a notable school library. Heavily endowed (1931) by Edward S. , Exeter, N.H. WISCONSIN: Xanthi M. Merlo, Washington Park H.S. Racine. |
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