Illinois Junior Academy of Science - Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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1966 Special Awards ILLINOIS SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL 'RESEARCH Each year the Illinois Society for Medical Research sponsors an Essay Contest. The sub- ject is The Value of Animal Experimentation. The society sponsors this contest because it feels that animal experimentation is the cen- tral feature of nearly all advances in medicine and biology, and because, unfortunately, it has been a focal point of much misunderstanding of the nature of research. It is hoped that the contest will help interest students in careers in medical and biological sciences as well as inform them of the impor- tance of animals in the development of many of the great discoveries in science. The following awards for the Twelfth Annual Illinois High School Essay Contest were presented at the 1966 banquet. WESTINGHOUSE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH The Science Talent Search was the pioneer- ing endeavor to discover at the senior high school year level those who have the potential- ities to become the research scientists of the future. A great many industrial organizations participate in financing the annual Science Talent Search in addition to the Westinghouse Educational Foundation which has supported twenty-five Science Talent Searches. Science Service, through Science Clubs of America ad- ministers the program. Ten per cent of those students who enter the Search achieve Honors. A list of these students is made available to universities and colleges by the American Council on Education. ' In addition, a small number of those students who receive Honors are chosen as Washington Trip Winners. These students are eligible to receive over 334,000 in scholarships and awards. The following Illinois winners in the West- inghouse Twenty-Fourth Annual Science Talent Search 09657 were presented their awards at the 1965 banquet. WASHINGTON TRIP WINNERS Leslie Irwin Hoffenberg, Mather H. S. - A Problem in Finite Geometry With Applications Robert Carl Lozar, Lyons Twp. H. S. - A Phenomenon of the Solar Surface - Students who wish to know more about the Westinghouse Science Talent Search may write Science Clubs of America, 1719 N. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. FRANK REED MEMORIAL AWARD Those students Who participate in the Science Talent Search have their research papers read by the Frank H. Reed Memorial Award com- mittee. The paper which is judged to exhibit excellence in scientific writing is selected to receive the award. The 1966 award winner was: Stephen C. Carhart NATIONAL HONORABLE MENTIONS Joseph Robert Ahlgren, Guilford H. S. - Dis- tribution of First Digits Mary Frances Bader, Lourdes H. S. - Photo- synthesis with Euglena and Analysis of Amino Acids in Euglena Robert Bland Belshe, University H. S. - In- vestigations of the Sand Dollar as a Possible Organism for Ionium Dating Michael Paul Dearing, St. Edward Central Catholic H. S. - Laser: Design and Construc- tion Sally Jo Dimschultz, Niles Twp. H. S. North -Correlation of Phenotype with Genotype in the Muscular Dystrophic Mouse Louis James Dizikes, Lyons Twp. H. S., La Grange - Speed of Rotation of the Sun Com- puted through the Doppler Effect Thomas Wagner Findley, Jr., Lyons Twp. H. S. - Photosynthesis in Euglena Janet Lee Greger, Joliet Twp. H. S. West, Joliet - Effects of Pure Oxygen on Tenebrio molitor at Varying Pressures Kurt Evan Hecox, Guilford H. S. - Determi- nation of the Flavonoids in Grapefruit Carol Ann Kyrias, West Leyden H. S. - A New Prime Number Sieve James Chien Liang, Rich Central H. S., Olym- pia Fields - Theoretical Study of the Solar Interior 8z a Simplified Structural Model Dale Arvid Nelson, Maine Twp. H. S. East, Park Ridge - The Inverse: Symmetry of Func- tions about the Line y I x John Frederick Pilat, Mather H. S. - Investi- gation of a Possible Evolutionary Sequence among Normal Spiral Galaxies John Lenzie Rogers III, Glenbrook South H. S. - Making and Using the Reflecting Tele- scope. Uldis Saule, Willowbrook H. S., Villa Park- Relative Lu-nar Altitudes from Shadow Meas- urements Michael Evan Silvert, Niles Twp. H. S. West, Skokie - A n al y t i c al Diagnostics Through Paper Electrophoresis Stephen Bowman Trippel, Evanston Twp. H. S. - Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygenation on Cerebral Metabolism Linda Young, Wells H. S. - Study of Bleach- ing Euglena STATE HONORABLE MENTIONS William Palmer Bobisuthi, Lyons Twp. H. S. -The Effect of Electrode Configuration on Dielectric Breakdown Steven Cull Carhart, Lyons Twp. H. S. - The Effect of Spring Constant dz Chassis Mass on the Amplitude of Chassis Vibration in a Simple Independent Rear Suspension System Kathleen Janice Carsello, Mother Theodore Guerin H. S., River Grove - Strontium Depos- its in Different Types of Plants Richard Allan Cohn, The Latin School of Chi-

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cago - The Biochemistry of Muscular Con- traction Robert Craig Comyn, Niles Twp., H. S. West, Skokie - A Free Radical Propulsion System Robert Philip Edwards, Niles Twp.- H. S. North - An Investigation of Viscosity Char- acteristics of Liquid Solutions 8z Homologous Series of Chemicals - A Modified Method Grant Bradley Eichler, Lyons Twp. H. S., La Grange - A Five Year Experiment in 30- Day-Daily Weather Forecasting Bruce Walter Johnson, Maine Twp. H. S. East, Park Ridge - Experiments in Computer Design Lee Raymond Johnson, Lyons Twp. H. S., La Grange - Microseismal Activity as Related to Barometric Pressure Changes Sherwin Michael Levinson, Roosevelt H. S. - Design and Construction of a Plasma Thruster Stanley Charles Martens, Arlington H. S. - A Look at Propositional Calculus David Armand Molnar, Lyons Twp. H. S. - The Evaporation of Ethyl Alcohol Robert Stuart Pearlman, New Trier Twp. H. S., Winnetka - Development of an Enzyme Assay for Liver Cathespins Charles William Schroeder, Lyons Twp. H. S. -How Does Irradiation Affect the Creep Re- covery of Synthetic Fibers WESTINGHOUSE AWARD WINNERS Bottom row ll. to nl Janet Lee Gregor, Sally Jo Dimschultz, Carol Ann Kyrias, Linda Young, Kathleen Janice Carsello, Mary Frances Bader. fTop row from l. to r.J James Chien Liang, Lee Raymond Johnson, Louis James Dizlkes, Stephen Bowman Trippel, David Armand Molner, Steven Cull Carhart, Grant Bradley Eichler, William Palmer Bobisuthi, Robert Stuart Pearl man, Sherwin Michael Levinson and Richard Allan Cohn.