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2004 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest

First Place

Jennifer Hsieh, University of Michigan, MI
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Second Place

Sharon G. Ramsey, Indiana University-Purdue University, IN USA
Rebecca Smith, University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO USA
Jonathan Ferrugia, Yale Univeristy, CO USA

Third Place

Joyclynn Potter,  University of Wales,Lampeter, OR  
Michael Andrew Jones,  University of Washington, CA USA
Karen Burke,  Yale University, MA USA
Justin Murphy,  SUNY Geneseo, NY USA
David Back,  University of Pennsylvania, PA USA

Finalists 

Tia Hosman,  Idaho State University, ID USA
Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman,  Amherst College - Dean of Students Office, MA USA
Avital  Harel, University of Western Ontario, ON Canada
Steven Smith, Seattle University, WA USA
Regina Campbell, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, GA USA
David Gallaher, University of Texas, Dallas, TX USA
Jennifer  Harper, King College, NC USA
Nicole Otten, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, MN USA
Avraham Stoler, University of Chicago, IL USA
Patrick Walling, Boston College, NJ USA
Luke Morris, Hillsdale College, MI
Ryan Toso, University of California San Diego, CA USA
Abhisek Khandai, Washington University in St. Louis, IL America
Abheek Banerjee, Stanford University, CA USA
Amber Israelsen, Irvine Valley College, CA USA
Daniel Fishman, Clemson University, SC U.S.A.
Katrina Redelsheimer, The University of Chicago, CA United States
Qian (Janice) Wang,  Caltech, CA USA
Greta Petty,  Isothermal Community College, NC USA
Tzipora Henig,  Bar Ilan University,  Israel

Semi-Finalists

Daniel Schwartz, St. John's College, MD USA
Vera te Velde, California Institute of Technology, CA USA
Kelly Dunn, University of Florida, FL USA
Justin Peckner, Indiana University, IN USA
Joelle Sept, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, BC Canada
Krystal Guo, University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Suria  Lloyd, Holy Cross College , NY  USA
Tzvi Kahn, Yeshiva University, NJ USA
Erica Swanson, Glendon College, York University, Ont Canada
Clara Fishel, University of California -Davis, CA USA
Stephen Thurman, Brown University, Ohio United States
Joseph Brousseau, Glendale Community College, AZ USA
Kelly Cadenas, MA
Heidi Morris, Hillsdale College, MI USA
Greg Demers, Seton Hall University, MA USA
Thomas  Mathew, University of Toronto, Ontario CANADA
Alexandra Demboski, University of Oregon, OR USA
Adam Goldsmith, Cornell University School of Engineering, NY USA
April Jensen, University of Calgary, AB CANADA
Gabriel  Broughton, Middlebury College, IL USA