Westinghouse Science Talent Search 1956
- Top Winner: Robert Moore
- 2nd Place: John Clark
- 3rd Place: Jack Venable Jr.
Remaining Top Ten in alphabetical order
- James Bardeen
- John Campbell
- Daniel Ch’en
- Edwin Ford
- Dennis Johnson
- Carol Schneider (Joyce)
- Gala Speaker:
Dr. Caryl P. Haskins
1956 Semifinalist Book
1956 Alumni Updates
We welcome and encourage updates on alumni from the Science Talent Search in 1956; please contact us with information.
1956 Finalists
| Gary | Anderson | Tahoe City | CA |
| James | Bardeen | Champaign | IL |
| Edmond | Brower | Augusta | ME |
| John | Campbell | Minneapolis | MN |
| Rosemary | Card | Madison | NJ |
| Robert | Carroll | Mason | MI |
| Daniel | Ch’en | Eugene | OR |
| Mary | Chilton | Hinsdale | IL |
| John | Clark | Sycamore | IL |
| Pete | Diamondis | South Bend | IN |
| Leland | Edmunds, Jr | Newport News | VA |
| Ronald | Egnitz | North Braddock | PA |
| Hersha | Fisher | Phoenix | AZ |
| Edwin | Ford | Arlington | VA |
| John | Goodman | Seattle | WA |
| Robert | Gorn | Newton | MA |
| Charles | Gray | Washington | DC |
| Martin | Groder | Flushing | NY |
| Martin | Halpern | Tucson | AZ |
| Leroy | Hood | Shelby | MT |
| Dwight | Hoxie | Wayzata | MN |
| Dennis | Johnson | Canoga Park | CA |
| Margaret | Jordan | Charles City | IA |
| Boris | Kayser | Lakewood | NJ |
| Susan | Kayser | Brooklyn | NY |
| Ida | Lee | Marshfield | WI |
| Stephen | Lichtenbaum | Brooklyn | NY |
| John | Miller | Lockport | NY |
| Carolyn | Montgomery | Kenmore | NY |
| Robert | Moore | Silver Spring | MD |
| Lewis | Nading | Indianapolis | IN |
| James | Nearing | Hawthrone | CA |
| Thomas | O’Brien | Rochester | NY |
| Peter | Rony | Los Angeles | CA |
| Lynn | Runnels | Tulsa | OK |
| Carol | Schneider | Appleton | WI |
| Robert | Solovay | Brooklyn | NY |
| Jack | Venable, Jr | Atlanta | GA |
| James | Yost | Indianapolis | IN |
| Melvin | Zwillenberg | Brooklyn | NY |