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2001 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest

First Place

David Matthew Press, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
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Second Place

Natalia Ardatova, City University of New York, New York, NY
Michael Balter, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Aaron Patzer, Duke University, Durham, NC

Third Place

Tim Hallenbeck, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Austin Henderson, Baylor University, Waco, TX
David A. Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Heather Kastner, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Michael E. Rolish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA