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2005 The Fountainhead Essay Contest

First Place

Evan Storms, Laguna Hills, CA, VanDamme Academy
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Second Place

Catherine Banton, Woodinville, WA, The Bear Creek School
Christopher McCormick, Fort Wayne, IN, Wayne High School
Erik Miron, Billings, MT, Billings West High School
Sean Redmond, Torrington, CT, Torrington High School
James Tanner, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Third Place

Afiba Aku, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, W.P. Wagner, School of Science & Technology
Sang Bin Hong, Yong In, KyongGi, South Korea, KMLA
Rachel Bristol, Minden, NV, Douglas High School
Kristen Davis, Stuart, VA, Homeschool
Kelli DeVaney, Las Vegas, NV, Palo Verde High School
Toby Huttner, Pittsford, NY, Pittsford Mendon High School
Kelsey Milne, Vancouver, WA, Mountain View High School
Andrew Richardson, Fletcher, NC, Asheville Christian Academy
Erin Smith, Waxhaw, NC, Weddington High School
Randal Staewen, Houston, TX, St. John's School

Finalists

Yousef AbuGharbieh, Granger, IN, Penn High School
Jared Alford, Rogers, AR, Rogers High School
Erica Alwine, Boring, OR, Estacada High School
Thea Beaty, Marathon, WI, Timaeus Christian Academy
Hannah Beavers, Kerrville, Texas, Tivy High School
Laura Cleveland, Stanfield, NC, West Stanly High School
Janelle Cummings, Anchorage, AK, A.J. Dimond High School
Liyue Deng, Calabasas, CA, Calabasas High School
Colin Downes, Scituate, MA, Scituate High School
Bryan Ellis, Sarasota, Fl
Lindsay Ethridge, Calhoun, GA, Calhoun High School
Andrew Gaines, Dublin, OH, Dublin Scioto High School
Joseph Gershenson, Hershey, PA, Hershey High School
Brian Gurewitz, Arlington Heights, IL, Buffalo Grove High School
Evan Hall, Luck, WI, Luck Public High School
Katy Hally, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Dartmouth High School
Nathan Hayflick, Seattle, WA, Garfield High School
Jonathan Hinkle, Atlanta, GA, Northgate High School
Sarah Holdt, Scottsbluff, NE, Scottsbluff High School
Whitney Huber, Elk Grove, CA, Visions in Education Charter School
Paul Hunter, Oneonta, NY, Home Schooled
Ben Jacobs, Goshen, IN, Goshen High School
Boyan Kelchev, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Mathematical Gymnasium Konstantin Velichkov
David Lachut, Ft. Riley, KS, Junction City High School
Zachary Marine, Marshfield, WI, Marshfield High School
Matthew Messerschmidt, East Lansing, MI, East Lansing High School
AnnMarie Micikas, Highlands Ranch, CO, Denver Christian High School
Catherine Mitros, Flossmoor, IL, Marian Catholic High School
Stephen Nichols, Tacoma, WA, The Tacoma School of the Arts
Upasna Pandey, New Delhi, India, Bluebells School International
Adrienne Raphel, St. Johnsbury, VT, St. Johnsbury Academy
Desmond Rawls, Woodinville, WA, The Overlake School
Katherine Robinson, Riverton, NJ, Palmyra High School
Carol Rosanelli, Tucson, AZ, Sahuaro High School
Charli Sakari, Springfield, OR, Springfield High School
Margaret Scheffner, Union Grove, WI, Union Grove High School
Michelle Smith, Glendale, AZ, North Pointe Preparatory
Scott A. Steinschneider, Ridgewood, NJ, Ridgewood High School
Kate Thomas, Glastonbury, CT, Glastonbury High School
John Thorlin, Andover, MA, Phillips Academy
Eric Ward, Stockton, NJ, Princeton Day School
Cindy Watkins, Cave Spring, GA, Coosa High School
Michael Wight, Anchorage, AK, A.J. Dimond High School
Sydney Witzky, Franklin, TN, Franklin High School
Anne-Marie Zapf-Belanger, Toronto, ON, Canada, The Abelard School

Semi-Finalists

Kelly Acheson, Arlington, VA, Yorktown High School
Dylan Alban, Rhinebeck, NY, Rhinebeck High School
Marilag Angway, Bergenfield, NJ, Bergenfield High School
Jason Ash, Williamston, MI, Williamston High School
Troy Astorino, Laguna Hills, CA, VanDamme Academy
Sonia Balanay, Atascadero, CA, Ms. Harrison, Atascadero High School
Andrew Ball, Reno, NV, Earl Wooster High School
Ariel Barkhurst, San Antonio, TX, MacArthur High School
Diana Bennett, Raleigh, NC, Sanderson High School
Leah Bigbee, Fairhope, AL, Fairhope High School
Phillip Bonney, Edmond, OK, Edmond Memorial
Jacob Bornstein, Seattle, WA, Garfield High School
Alan Boswell, Aledo, IL, Aledo High School
Karrsen Brannon-Young, Anchorage, AK, A. J. Dimond High School
Amber Brantley, Salem, MO, Salem High School
James Brennan, Fremont, CA, Washington High School
Rebecca Brewer, O'Donnell, Tx, O'Donnell High School
Rainelle Bumbaugh, Bloomington, IN, Bloomington High School South
Kristen Bury, Sylvania, OH, Sylvania Southview High School
James Caldwell, Belcamp, MD, Aberdeen High School
John Calhoun, Anchorage, AK, A.J. Dimond High School
Allison Chua, Halifax, N.S., Canada, Sacred Heart School of Halifax
Damien Clark, Draper, Utah, Alta High School
Haley Cohen, Manalapan, NJ, Communications High School
Kelly Collins, Bayport, NY, St. John the Baptist High School
Gabriela Collins-Fernandez, New York, NY, The Bronx High School of Science
Jared Corbett, Franklin Square, NY, Holy Trinity Diosocean High School
David Crawford, Silver Spring, MD, Montgomery Blair High School
Tarek Dale, Melbourne, VIC, Atralia, Black Forest Academy
James Dama, Panama City Beach, FL, McCallie School
Amanda Davis, Armada, MI, Armada High School
Lauren DeBruin, Lake Mills, WI, Lake Mills High School
Ryan DeNardo, Downingtown, PA, Downingtown High School West Camp
Scott Dougan, Benicia, CA, St. Patrick-St. Vincent's High School
Pedro Duran, Elizabeth, NJ, St. Mary of the assumption High Scholl
Rosalie Edmonds, Madison, WI, Madison East Senior High School
Eli Epstein-Deutsch, MA, Northampton High School
Emily Erbach,
Karen Evans, Rochester, MN, Mayo High School
Jacob Filipek, Bismarck, AR, Bismarck High School
Samuel Fischgrund, Dunwoody, GA, Dunwoody High School
Jonathan Frochtzwajg, Tarzana, CA, North Hollywood High School
Amy Fulbright, Richardson, TX, Lloyd V. Berkner High School
Katherine Funke, Dubuque, IA, Hempstead
Casandra Gambill, Greenbrier, AR, Greenbrier High School
Kayce Gentry, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cimarron-Memorial High School
Ilona Gerbakher, Valley Village, CA, Taft High School
Melissa Gibson, Sanford, FL, Seminole High School
Ben Godby, Nepean, ON, Canada, John McCrae Secondary School
Alana Goulet, Rogers, AR, Rogers High School
Kira Greco, Amherst, NY, Williamsville North High School
Arpit Gupta, Asheville, NC, Carolina Day School
Lauren Guttormsen, Kenosha, WI, Tremper High School
Clayton Hainline, Albemarle, NC, North Stanly High School
Kim Hale, Yorktown, VA, York County School of the Arts
Chelsea Hansen, Fair Oaks, CA, Bella Vista High School
Casey Harris, Pewaukee, WI, Pewaukee High School
Marian Havach, Prairie Village, KS, Shawnee Mission East High School
Yizheng He, Westfield, IN, Phillips Exeter Academy
Erin Himes, Pittsford, NY, Pittsford Mendon High School
Antonia Hoyland, Raleigh, NC, Athens Drive High School
Michelle Johnson, Pleasant View, UT, Weber High School
Everett Jones, Ridgewood, NJ, Ridgewood High School
Kevin Jonke, Naperville, IL, Neuqua Valley High School
Kimberly Joyner, Ellenwood, GA, Clarkston High School
Robert Kane, Carolina, RI, Chariho Regional High School
Jennifer Karabin, Greenville, SC, Mauldin High
Daniel Keegan, Dover, NH, Dover High School
Casey K. Keith, Atascadero, CA, Atascadero High School
Michelle Kelly, Downingtown, PA, Downingtown High School West Camp
James Kelly, Sudbury, MA, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Joe Kessler, Vero Beach, FL, Vero Beach High School
Sarah King, Connersville, IN, King Academy
Sarah Kleinstein, Spokane, WA, North Central High School
Ellen Kletscher, Eagan, MN, Eagan High School
Gloria Lan, High Schoolinchu, Taiwan, National Experimental High School
Amy Laur, Kent City, MI, Sparta High School
Alice Lee, Niskayuna, NY, Niskayuna High School
Jessica Leithem, McCleary, WA, Elma High School
Alexandra Levy, Falls Church, VA, Thomas Jefferson High School
Darian Lewis, Kamloops, BC, Canada, South Kamloops Secondary School
Krista K. Lewis, Tecumseh, MI, Tecumseh High School
Shu Li, Pittsford, NY, Pittsford Mendon High School
Timothy Light, Lynchburg, VA, Brookville High School
Jay Littlefield, Copperas Cove, TX, Gatesville High School
Jingyi Liu, Los Angeles, CA, Beverly Hills High School
Kevin Longrie, Temecula, CA, Temecula Valley High School
Genevieve Lozier, Elkhorn, NE, Elkhorn High School
Jonathan Lurie, Davis, CA, Davis Senior High School
Sara Maatta, Manhattan, KS, Manhattan High School
Scott Mahar, Anchorage, AK, A.J. Dimond High School
Miranda Martin, Marietta, GA, Marietta High School
Katelyn Mason, Salem, OR, South Salem High School
Mollie McElroy, Downingtown, PA, Downingtown High School West Camp
Chelsea McHenry, Knox, Pa, Keystone Jr.-Sr. High School
Nicole McLaren, Pittsford, NY, Pittsford Mendon High School
Anne McMurray, Indianapolis, IN, North Central High School
Sveta McShane, Villanova, PA, Radnor High School
Tanisha Medina,, VA, Prince george High Schol
Dtin Meldrum, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, University Liggett School
Connor Mendenhall, Tucson, AZ, University High School
Maxine Mendoza, Jenkintown, PA, Jenkintown High School
Sarah Michalczuk, Arlington Heights, IL, John Hersey High School
Sarah Mills, Tucson, AZ, Tucson High Magnet School
Ali Mokhtarzadeh, Charleston, WV, George Washington High School
Jonathan Morrison, Amherstburg, ON, Canada, General Amherst High School
Nishant Nannapaneni, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Andover High School
Patrick Nanson, Thond Oaks, CA, Agoura High School
Sam Nolen, Kingsport, TN, Sullivan South High School
Christina Norman-Gohn, Old Lyme, CT, Lyme-Old Lyme High School
William O'Grady, Atin, TX, America, S.F. Atin High School
Derek O'Leary, Westwood, MA, Westwood High School
Erik Olson, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Stephanie Panchision, Newport News, VA, Woodside HS
Amanda Parker, Gladewater, Texas, Bishop TK Gorman HS
Peter Pellegrino, Maple Grove, MN, Maple Grove Senior HS
Katherine Pelz, Silver Creek, NY, Silver Creek Central School
Jeremy Peterman, Ridgewood, NJ, Ridgewood High School
Tianyue (Katherine) Qu, Latham, NY, Shaker High School
Angel Rendon, Bronx, NY, A. Philip Randolph Camp HS
Sean Roche, Silver creek, NY, Silver Creek Central School
Michael Roenbeck, Freehold, NJ, High Technology HS
Christina Rolf, Valley City, ND, Valley City High School
Stephen Rooks, Griffin, GA, Griffin High School
Deana Rutherford, Chicago, IL, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Caitlin Ryan, Lindstrom, MN, Chisago Lakes High School
Rsell Ryan, Indianapolis, IN, North Central High School
Jessica Sabato, Downingtown, PA, Downingtown East High School
Lenwid Sandvick, Kenosha, WI, Lenwid Sandvick
Lakshmi Santhosh, Pleasanton, CA, Amador Valley High School
Katie Schladand, Georgetown, IN, Floyd Central High School
JJ Schumacher, Newport Beach, CA, VanDamme Academy
Kristin Schwab, Lutherville, MD, Friends School of Baltimore
Megan Selje, Rio, WI, Rio High School
Sreya Sengupta, Vero Beach, FL, Vero Beach High School
Kristen Shaw, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, St. Catharines Collegiate Institute
Brady Sherard, Beaverlodge, AB, Canada, Beaverlodge Regional High School
Sie Shutts, Cincinnati, OH, Sycamore High School
Christopher Slijk, Aliso Viejo, CA, VanDamme Academy
Rebecca Smith, Lewistown, MT, Ferg High School
Katie Smith, Jacksonville, Fl, Stanton College Preparatory School
Kelli Smith, Rochester, NY, Greece Arcadia High School
Elizabeth Smith, Westerville, OH, Westeville North High School
Sarah Sonray, Anchorage, AK, A.J. Dimond High School
Shane Spencer, Clarksville, MD, Atholton High School
Rebecca Starke, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Christian Heritage School
Dantzel Stoker, Marysville, WA, Lake Stevens High School
Michael Stonesifer, Luck, WI, Luck Public High School
Jamie Straw, Mechanicsburg, PA, Cumberland Valley High School
Meghan Stuart, Exeter, ON, Canada, South Huron District High School
Nicholas Stucky-Mack, Carlsbad, NM, Carlsbad High School
Katy Swailes, Ajax, ON, Canada, Archbishop Denis O'Connor C.H.S.
Madeline Swan, Vancouver, WA, Mountain View High School
Sofia Syed, Grand Island, NY, Grand Island High School
Shiyanthi Thavapalan, Markham, ON, Canada, Milliken Mills High School
Alice Thieu, Honolulu, HI, Sacred Hearts Academy
Stephanie Tupi, Pittsburgh, PA, Upper St. Clair High School
Andrew Vanek, Chardon, OH, Chardon High School
Ruchika Vij, Perrysburg, OH, Maumee Valley Country Day School
Sivahami Vijenthira, Toronto, ON, Canada, University of Toronto Schools
Ellen Volodarsky, Naperville, IL, Naperville Central High School
Kathryn Walton, Bracebridge, ON, Canada, Bracebridge & Mkoka Lakes Secondary School
Emily Watkins, Pittsburgh, PA, Taylor Allderdice High School
Evan Weaver, Atascadero, CA, Atascadero High School
Samantha Webb, Forest, MS, Forest High School
Cassie Wever, Langton, ON, Canada, Simcoe Composite School
Cory Wheeler, Downingtown, PA, Downingtown High School West Camp
Page Wheeler, West Chester, PA, Downingtown High School West Camp
Michael Willhoft, Manchester, CT, Manchester High School
Jordan Wingate, Chapel Hill, NC, East Chapel Hill High School
John Witte, Miami, Fl, School For Advanced Studies - Kendall
Angela Yarian, Westminster, MD
Nicholas Zabriskie, Aurora, NY, Southern Cayuga Central School
Muqing Zhou, Windsor, ON, Canada, Vincent Massey Secondary School
Michael Zink, Wilmington, DE