Queensbury High School - Orbit Yearbook (Queensbury, NY)

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Quality work done by seniors has brought national, state, and school awards to memoers of the class of 1965. National recognition went to two of our students. Robert Johannsen was one of the three hundred final- ists in the Westinghouse Talent Search and Gary Evans received a Certificate of Merit from the National Mer- it Scholarship Program. New York State Regents Scholarships were awarded to Robert Johannsen, Marshall Secunda, and Gary Evans. Patricia Hartman received a Regents Nursing Scholarship. Several seniors earned school and civic awards. Robert Johannsen received the Bausch and Lomb Science Award for the highest average in science and mathematics. . . Gary Evans represented Queensbury at Boys' State and Linda Bennett, at Girls' State . . . winners of the Optimist Club's Outstanding Citizen Awards were Patricia Hartman and Dean Boecher. . . the DAR Outstanding Girl Citizen Award also went to Patricia Hart- man . . . Sue Trubiano was this year's Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow . . . William Parker, Diane Reynolds, and Marshall Secunda were chosen as delegates to the Syracuse Citizenship Conference of 1965. Queensbury Seniors HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS Dean Boecher, Diane Reynolds, William Parker. Robert Johannsen, Linda Bennett, Marshall Secunda, Pa- tricia Hartman, Gary Evans. 64

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RIGHT: Diane Reynolds and Mark Kazazean lead off the Grand March under a canopy of pink, blue, and white. BELOW: Thanks to the efforts of the deco- rating committee, May 22, 1964, was an evening to remember. The directors of this committee were Bob Kosinski, John Mollick, Creig Waldron, Doug Beatty, Fred Gibson, Jim Lamica. RIGHT: Irving Dean, Alan Houghton, and Diane Reynolds continue our theme by deco- rating the attractive entrance with blue and white streamers and white flowers. 63

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To Bob, Mr. Curren, and Mr. Swan admire the New York State plaque given to the school by Governor Rockefeller in honor of Bob's achievements at the Science Congress. Bob Johannsen SPECIAL RECOGNITION Bob Johannsen's quest for knowledge has won him many awards, including the honor of being one of Westinghouse's 300 most promising young scien- tists in America. By developing his own technique for replicating snow crystals. Bob has earned an im- pressive series of State Science Congress awards, and last summer was chosen to attend the Institute for Top Science Students in Roswell Park. An active participant in many school activities. Bob is a mem- ber of the Queensbury Ski Team, Ski Club, and French Club. We at Queensbury are honored to have such an exceptional student in our midst. Bob explains his crystal technique to Mr. Curren and the Albany Times Union correspondent who did a fea- ture article on him this year. Bob, who has formulated some fascinat- ing theories on snowflake crystal growth, is a frequent contributor to science re- search periodicals. As a result of his discoveries in the field of meteorologi- cal physics, he has acquired patents on compounds to induce precipitation in the atmosphere. 65