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2003 The Fountainhead Essay Contest

First Place

Gena Gorlin, North Central High School, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Second Place

John Cushma, Seton-LaSalle High School, McMurray, PA, USA
Katherine Green, Ypsilanti High School, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Lauren Jurgensen, Forest Park Senior High School, Manassas, VA, USA
DC Pierson, Mountain Pointe High School, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Yanjia Yao, Herschel V. Jenkins High School, Savannah, GA, USA 

Third Place

Anna Brenner, Indiana University High School, South Bend, IN, USA
Katie Anderson, Waldorf High School, Lexington, MA, USA
Preston Copeland, Carver Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lacaya Hoyt, Monmouth Academy, Winthrop, ME, USA
Marianne Macdonald, Dalbrae Academy, Port Hood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Daniel Wilner, The Hotchkiss School, Westmount, QC, Canada
Michael Franco, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX, USA
Joseph Bloom, Homeschooled, Middletown, VA, USA
Thomas Johnson, Lynden High School, Lynden, WA, USA
Peter Kobylarz, Newport High School, Newport, WA, USA 

Finalists

Sam Al-Khoury, Cedarcrest High School, Duvall, WA, USA
Easha Anand, Montgomery Blair High School, Potomac, MD, USA
Kirsten Andersen, The Hill School, Gilbertsville, VA, USA
May Tarek Aziz, The Islamic Saudi Academy, Falls Church, VA, USA
Kyle Beauchamp, Saint Louis Priory School, Wentzville, MO, USA
Jessica Benner, Gladewater HS, Gladewater, TX, USA
Emily Birukow, Springfield High School, Holland, OH, USA
Anthony Boutelle, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Amy Bowden, Eatonville High School, Eatonville, WA, USA
Karen Carmichael, Oscoda Area High School, Oscoda, MI, USA
Jason Crowe, Sky Flight Academy (Home School), Newburgh, IN, USA
Gregory Demers, St. John's Preparatory School, North Reading, MA, USA
Kirstin Doyle-Cooney, Lamar High School, Houston, TX, USA
Fernando Frias, Schurr High School, Monterey Park, CA, USA
Kent Garber, Riverwood High School, Atlanta, GA, USA
Hallie Graves, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX, USA
Daniel Haley, Xaverian High School, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Eva Hare, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Philip Howison, Stratford High School, Stratford, N.I., New Zealand
Sunyia Hussain, Stanton College Preparatory, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Eric Johnson, Home schooled, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Amina Khan, Saint Francis High School, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Hannah Koeske, Lewis and Clark HS, Spokane, WA, USA
Jason Kopp, Paul M. Dorman High School, Moore, SC, USA
Colin McDonell, Cedarcrest High School, Carnation, WA, USA
Phil Milroy, Columbus North High School, Columbus, IN, USA
Jeffrey Mounzer, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, CA, USA
Josh Newell, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY, USA
Brooke Perini, Soddy Daisy High School, Hixson, TN, USA
Amanda Rondot, Bishop Dwenger High School, Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Alison Takemura, Schurr High School, Rosemead, CA, USA
Alison Wahl, California High School, San Ramon, CA, USA
Christina Wang, Northern Valley Regional HS - Demarest, Closter, NJ
Caleb Winn, Heritage Christian School, San Diego, CA, USA
Heather Yeo, Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM, USA 

Semi-Finalists

Henny Admoni, J. L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Sarwat Ahmad, Andover HS, West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Stephen Aladenoye,  Queens Village, NY
Amor Alcobendas, Mountain Vew High School, Vancouver, WA, USA
Carly Anderson, Clear Lake High School, Houston, TX, USA
Harini Angara, John Jay Senior High School, Hopewell Junction, NY, USA
Justin Barclay, park hill, kansas city, MO, USA
Kimberly Barr, Woodbury Senior High School, Woodbury, MN, USA
Nathan Barrett, Moravian Academy, Northampton, PA, USA
Kestrel Bartlett, Interlachen High School, Hawthorne, FL, USA
William Beaumont, Newbury Park High School, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Keisha Benjamin, Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Patrick Bennett, Rocky Road Homeschool, Troutville, CA, USA
Luc Benoit, Georges P. Vanier, High Prairie, AB, Canada
Marc Benoit, George P. Vanier, High Prairie, AB, Canada
Marija Bernota, Homeschooled, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Kelli Billstein, Stillwater Area High School, Lake Elmo, MN, USA
Philip Bird, Vulcan County Central, Arrowwood, Alberta, Canada
Kristin Black, David H Hickman High School, Columbia, MO, USA
Julie Blasinski, Muskego High School, Wind Lake, WI, USA
Marissa Blunschi, Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, CA, USA
Joshua Boehm, City High School, Iowa City, IA, USA
Kyle Booten, Brentwood Academy, Brentwood, TN, USA
Gregory Boros, Seneca Valley Senior High School, Zelienople, PA, USA
Alyssa Borowske, Homeschool, Barre, VT, USA
Allison Boyer, Line Mountain High School, Klingerstown, PA, USA
Tamara Bryan, Onate HS, Las Cruces, NM, USA
Michael Bukoski, Westmont Hilltop HS, Johnstown, PA, USA
Donald Carpenter, Freedom Area High School, Conway, PA, USA
Lindsey Carr, Shelby County High School, Columbiana, AL, USA
Tracy Carrington, Deming High School, Germantown, KY, USA
Bailey Cato, Dexter High School, Dexter, MO, USA
Wesley Shen-teh Chang, Westlake High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
John Chapman, Greensboro Day School, Greensboro, NC, USA
Bryan Christopher Chapman, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM
Inga Chernyak, Bergen County Academies, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
Nesochi Chinwuba, Rancho Buena Vista High School, Vista, CA, USA
Lisa Chung, Mills E. Godwin HS, Glen Allen, VA, USA
Michelle Clark, Woodstock High School, Woodstock, GA, USA
Elizabeth Cooke, Richland Center High School, Richland Center, WI, USA
Shanna Morgan Cooper, Irvington High School, Fremont, CA, USA
Brian Coyne, Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ, USA
Brendan Crain, Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls, WI
Bryan Culbertson, Homeschool, Waldoboro, ME, USA
Kyle Daly, Heritage High School, Lynchburg, VA, USA
Emily Daugherty, Neshannock Jr. Sr. High School, New Castle, PA, USA
Elyse DeQuoy, Mohonasen Senior High School, Schenectady, NY, USA
Elizabeth Diffenderfer, Wilson High School, Sinking Spring, PA, USA
Elycia Diskin, Waunakee High School, DeForest, WI, USA
Keith Dodge, Hoover High School, North Canton, OH, USA
Natalie Doering, Ponderosa High School, Shingle Springs, CA, USA
Donald Dreschel, Cherokee High School, Canton, GA, USA
Gregory Dubinsky, Stuyvesant High School, NY, NY, USA
Christine Dunbar, Crawford High School, Crawford, TX, USA
Eric Edwards, Roland Michener  School, South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Alexander Eustice, Daniel Hand High School, Madison, CT, USA
Catherine Falzone, New Providence High School, New Providence, NJ
Karen Farrell, Towson High School, Lutherville, MD, USA
Kevin Field, N. Park Collegiate  School, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Alison Fincher, Henry County High School, Jonesboro, GA, USA
Maura Fitzgerald, West Morris Central High School, Long Valley, NJ, USA
Renee Flaherty, Odessa High School, Odessa, TX, USA
Shaina Forsyth, Mailbu High School, Malibu, CA, USA
Erin Frake, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA, USA
Kristen Fuchs, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, CO
Tyler Gage, Miramonte High School, Orinda, CA, USA
Ana Isabel Galang, Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA, USA
James Geary, Catholic High School, Sherwood, AR, USA
Bryan Gergen, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, NY, USA
Sarah Gifford, Homeschooled, South Dartmouth, MA, USA
Colleen Gould, A.J. Diamond High, Anchorage, AK, USA
Naha Greenholtz, Magee Secondary, Richmond, B.C., Canada
Elena Griego,  Albuquerque, NM, USA
Mark Griffin, New Oxford High School, Hanover, PA, USA
Simina Grigoriu, Saint Peter-Marian High School, Worcester, MA, USA
Laura Grube, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN, USA
Caitlin Hagy, Solanco High School, Quarryville, PA, USA
Katherine Hale, Wake-Forest-Rolesville High School, Wake Forest, NC
Chenxing Han, Inglemoor High School, Kenmore, WA, USA
Justin Harris, Havelock High, Havelock, NC, USA
Kimberly Harris, Wilmington Area High School, New Wilmington, PA
Richard Hayes, Saint Louis Catholic High School, Lake Charles, LA, USA
Laura Heath, Lake Oswego High School, Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Christian Heftel, Meridian School, Provo, UT, USA
Lauren Herscheit, Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ, USA
Audra Hilse, Blaine High School, Ham Lake, MN, USA
Tracy Ho, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, HI, USA
Charles Hogle, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY, USA
Anthony Holley, High Point Regional High School, Sussex, NJ, USA
Matt Holt, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Jennifer Hsieh, Andover High School, West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Lillian Hsu, Whippany Park High School, Cedar Knolls, NJ, USA
Nancy Hua, Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gracie Huang, Northview, cumming, GA, USA
Linda Ichiyama, Moanalua HS, Honolulu, HI, USA
Jennifer Jamer, Union County Magnet High School, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Laura Jensen, Fremont High School, West Haven, UT, USA
Sharon Jin, Victor Central High School, Victor, NY, USA
Luke Johnson, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, CO
Lon Johnson, Litchville-Marion High School, Marion, ND, USA
Nicole Johnston, Ponderosa HS, Rescue, CA, USA
Windy Jones, Payson High School, Payson, AZ, USA
Mike Jowza, Pascack Valley HS, River Vale, NJ, USA
Rujvi Kamat, Mithibai College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Erika Kaneko, Greenwich High School, Cos Cob, CT, USA
Rachel Khong, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA, USA
Ryan Kilbane, Fairview High School, Fairview Park, OH, USA
Jon King, Meridian School, Orem, UT, USA
Matt Knauff, Chagrin Falls High School, Chagrin Falls, OH, USA
Marissa Kratz, Atascadero High School, Atascadero, CA, USA
Kayla Kreuger, John Marshall High School, Moundsville, WV, USA
Candice Kruth, Steel Valley High School, Munhall, PA, USA
Christopher  La Pat, Desert View Independent School, Oak Hills, CA
Natasha Lalonde, Espanola, Ontario, Canada
John Lande, North Polk High School, Huxley, IA, USA
Martin Landry, Homeschooled, Ragland, AL, USA
Julian Lautersztain, Berkeley Prep., Tampa, FL, USA
Kuku Leadbeater, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, VT, USA
Chantale Leduc, Madoc, Ontario, Canada
Alicia Leerskov, Mountain View High School, Vancouver, WA, USA
Caroline Locanto, McDowell Senior High School, Erie, PA, USA
Jennifer Logue, Cardinal O'Hara High School, Glenolden, PA, USA
Akshay Lohitsa, , West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Rachel Long, East Valley High School, Moxee, WA, USA
Devin Looijen, Cedarcrest High School, Carnation, WA, USA
Chris Low, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY, USA
Florence Lui, Cupertino High School, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Cathryn Luria, Bloomfield Hills Andover HS, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Ashley Monique Lusch, Fort Zumwalt South High School, O'Fallon, MO
Eric Mai, Edmond North High School, Edmond, OK, USA
Patrick Manning, St. Ignatius HS, Fairview Park, OH, USA
Julia Martinez, John Hersey High School, Prospect Heights, IL, USA
Erika Rae Martinez, Skyline High School, Renton, WA, USA
Jennifer Mayer, Horizon Honors High School, Chandler, AZ, USA
Michael Mazza, Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield, NJ
Alexander McCobin, Central York High School, York, PA, USA
Allen McFarland, C. Milton Wright HIgh School, Bel Air, MD, USA
Katherine McKelvey, Stevenson High School, Livonia, MI, USA
Kevin McMullen, Minnetonka High School, Shorewood, MN, USA
Laura Mecklenburger, W. Windsor-Plainsboro HS, Princeton Junction, NJ
Preeti Mehta, Princeton High School, Cranbury, NJ, USA
Sheela-Jane Menon, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, HI, USA
Molly McKinney Miller, Kodiak High School, Kodiak, AK, USA
Tabitha Neiman, John Marshall High School, San Antonio, TX, USA
Marissa Newhall, The Benjamin School, Tequesta, FL, USA
Kyle Newman, Stuyvesant High School, Staten Island, NY, USA
Timothy Nguyen, Alta Loma High School, Alta Loma, CA, USA
MinhChau Nguyen, Suncoast High School, Haverhill, FL, USA
Chris Paci, High Technology High School, Manalapan, NJ, USA
Lauren Pawlak, Homer High School, Cortland, NY, USA
Kristen Peck, A. B. Miller High School, Fontana, CA, USA
Betty Piedra, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, HI, USA
Ashley Pointer, Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook, BC, Canada
Russell Powell, , Monticell, AR, USA
Lisa Raffensperger, Central High School, St. Joseph, MO, USA
Madhavi Reddy, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA, USA
Leslie Richmond, Beaverton High School, Beaverton, OR, USA
Holly Riepen, Milford High School, Milford, MI, USA
Corey Ritter, The Lawrenceville School, Carlisle, PA, USA
Maria Robben, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, HI, USA
Piotr Roszczenko, Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Jameson Ruby, Greenwood High School, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Emily Ruff, Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville, IL, USA
Ronni Sadovsky, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO, USA
Erica Schuetz, Dulaney High School, Timonium, MD, USA
Erik Schultink, Williamston HIgh School, Williamston, MI, USA
Justine Seidenfeld, Northside College Prep, Chicago, IL, USA
Ritesh Senapati, Troy High School, Troy, MI, USA
Arnold Serapilio, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY, USA
Joanna Shelden, Bloomfield Hills Andover HS, Bloomfield, MI, USA
Amanda Siegwein, Glenns Ferry High School, Hammett, ID, USA
Minu Singh, Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Jenny Skelton, Central High School, Grand Junction, CO, USA
Charles Smith, York Preparatory School, New York, NY, USA
Amia Srinivasan, The American School in London, Park Rd, London, UK
Christopher Starr, Line Mountain High School, Dalmatia, PA, USA
Andrew Stegmaier, Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, MD, USA
Lo Stephanie, Alabama School of Math and Science, Madison, AL, USA
Andrew Sternberg, Neshaminy High School, Langhorne, PA, USA
Ethan Stone, Cadillac High School, Cadillac, MI, USA
William Taggart, Westerville South High School, Westerville, OH, USA
Allison Taylor, Portland High School, Portland, CT, USA
Erica Tibbetts, London Central High School, FPO, AE, USA
Mazie Tsang, Sacred Hearts Academy, , HI, USA
John Tyler, Mesquite High School, Gilbert, AZ, USA
Matthew Van Kirk, Lansing Catholic Central High School, Lansing, MI
Reinier Villanueva, Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, CA, USA
Calvin Vu, Miramonte High School, , CA, USA
Laura Wagner, Gardner High School, Gardner, MA, USA
Patrick Wellever, Allegan Senior High, Allegan, MI, USA
Andrea Wilkinson, Crestwiid High School, Shaw AFB, SC, USA
Jeff Wilson, Columbine High School, Littleton, CO, USA
Brian Wilt, Parkland High School, Orefield, PA, USA
Monica Hsiung Wojcik, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA, USA
Alexis Woolley, York County School of the Arts, Yorktown, VA, USA
Julie Wu, Manalapan High School, Marlboro, NJ, USA
Ted Yamamoto, Caldwell High School, Caldwell, ID, USA
Elizabeth Yepsen, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, IA
Tiffany Yuen, Roosevelt High School, Kaneohe, HI, USA
Michael Zavala, La Puente High School, La Puente, CA