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2001 The Fountainhead Essay Contest

First Place

Sara Douglas, East Hampton High School, NY
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Second Place

Allan Mak, Mayde Creek High School, Houston, TX
Ben Hale, Fairview High School, Lafayette, CO
Daniel Stein, Suncoast High School, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Kate Stafford, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, North Dighton, MA
Rebecca Knapp, The Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ

Third Place

Alicia Manning, Paul R. Wharton High School, Tampa, FL
Betsy Frost, Escola Americana de Brasilia, Brazil
Courtney Glass, Kinkaid High School, Houston TX
James Vanzo, Essex Junction High School, Essex Junction, VT
Josh Branson, St. Marks School of Texas, Dallas, TX
Julia Haag, Florence High School, Florence, CO
Leah Levinger, Home Schooled, San Francisco, CA
Michael McDonald, Plymouth-Salem High School, Canton, MI
Robyn Schroeder, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IN
Selina Spinos, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA

Finalists

Andrea Holman, A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX
Anne Gordon, North Middlesex Regional High School, Townsend, MA
Annie Erlandson, Lincoln Independent Study High School, Lincoln, Nebraska
Billy Grams, Father Lopez High School, Daytona Beach, FL
Brigit McGuire, St Thomas More High School, Rapid City, SD
Courtney Donner, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IN
Devin Browne, La Canada High School, La Canada, CA
Erica Fuss, Holmen High School, Holmen, WI
Jeff Gabster, Sentinel High School, Missoula, MT
Jennifer Loucks, Guilderland High School, Guilderland Center, NY
Jennifer Silverman, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, CT
Jeremy Freed, University School, Huntington Valley, OH
Jeremy M Murphy, Oak Park High School, Oak Park, CA
Jessica Bantham, University High School, Normal, IL
Jill Schoepf, Apollo High School, St Cloud, MN
Joyce E DeLyria, Elsik High School, Houston, TX
Justin Christofel, Stephen Hempstead Senior High School, Dubuque, IA
Karen Drahos, Roanoke Catholic School, Roanoke, VA
Katherine Casey, The Key School, Annapolis, MD
Katie Zagnoli, Douglas County High School, Castle Rock, CO
Laura Burns, Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN
Laura Ridge, Plainsboro High School, Princeton, NJ
Maha Zehra Jafri, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Marvin Campbell, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, PA
Matthew Soerens, Clonlara School, Ann Arbor, MI
Mauri Elizabeth Systo, Crittenden County High School, Marion, KY
Meredith Stewart, Sheldon High School, Sacramento, CA
Michelle Joyce Parthum, Muskego High School, Muskego, WI
Rachel Pease, St Amant High School, St Amant, LA
Robert Frohardt, George Washington High School, Denver, CO
Sarah Jazmine Fugate, Gate City High School, Gate City, VA
Shaun Lue, Clear Brook High School, Friendwood, TX
Talia Cele Robins Liben, Maimonides School, Brookline, MA
Will Shipley, Saugus High School, Saugus, CA

Semi-Finalists

Adam Champion, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Worthington, OH
Alessandra Gonzalez, Stratford Senior High School, Houston, TX
Alexis Teagarden, Immaculate High School, Danbury, CT
Ali Aghazadeh Naini, Weyburn Comprehensive High School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Alice Chen, Brookfield High School, Brookfield, CT
Alice Ching, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL
Alicia Williams, One High School Hill, Atascadero, CA
Alison Conner, West Genessee High School, Camillus, NY
Amanda Shaw, Narbonne Math-Science Magnet, Harbor City, CA
Amber Smith, Alton High School, Alton, IL
Amir Shachmurove, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA
Amy Courtright, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Andrea Eddy, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL
Andrew Marx, Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing, NJ
Andrew Moore, Delran High School, Delran, NJ
Andy Rossmeissl, Madison East High School, Madison, WI
Angela Marie Lipe, Pine Forest High School, Fayetteville, NC
Angie Chang, 124 North Maple St., Enfield, CT
Angie Olson, Mt. Vernon High School, Fortville, IN
Anna Chrzanowska, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
Anna Kolontyrsky, Saint Anns School, Brooklyn, NY
Annie Yaniga, Berea High School, Berea, OH
Ariel Lyons-Warren, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, MO
Arielle Benstin, Pomperaug High School, Southbury, CT
Ashley Brodkin, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Barbara Flick, Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, OH
Birgit Larson, Omaha Westside High School, Omaha, NE
Bobby Ren, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, NC
Brandon Levitan, St. Gregory College Prep,
Brett Holverstott, Kentwood High School, Covington, WA
Brian Reichard, Lafayette High School, Lafayette, LA
Brianna Ranney, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bridget Heenan, Phoenixville Area High School, Phoenixville, PA
Camilla Page, Viewmont High School, Bountiful, UT
Charlie Buck, Atascadero High School, Atascadero, CA
Christina Zawerucha, Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
Christopher Garvie, Taconic Hills High School, Craryville, NY
Claire McKenna, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, MO
Clay Houser, Meade High School, Meade, KS
Clint Lohse, Kaycee High School, Kaycee, WY
Colleen A. McCoy, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
Colleen Griffin, Homer Central High School, Homer, NY
Colleen M. Samson, Hugh C. Williams High School, Canton, NY
Cynthia McReynolds, Ross S. Sterling High School, Baytown, TX
Daniel Ellman, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Daniel J. Kleinbaum, The Pennington School, Pennington, NJ
Daniel Nehemiah Leatherwood, Central Kitsap High School, Silverdale, WA
Daphne Rozenblatt, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
Darnisha, Amante, John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY
David Kenner, Concord Academy, Concord, MA
David Marcovitz, Upper Dublin high School, Ft. Washington, PA
Dennis Kearney, Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA
Dia Saunders, Durango High School, Durango, CO
Dieu-Hien Huynh, Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA
Dinah Goldberg, Burlington High School, Burlington, VT
Edwin A Pell IV, Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, NY
Elaine Chang, Atlantic High School, Delray Beach, FL
Elise Mravunac, James Madison High School, Portland, OR
Elizabeth Blackford, Grand Blanc High School, Grand Blanc, MI
Elizabeth C. Villines, Newton High School, Newton, KS
Elizabeth Carlisle, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT
Elizabeth Chan, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
Elizabeth Daily, Mattoon High School, Mattoon, IL
Elizabeth Darbie, Walnut Hills, High School, Cincinnati, OH
Elizabeth Vandik, Benet Academy, Lisle, IL
Emi Aprekuma, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, IL
Emily Barnes, Kentlake High School, Kent, WA
Erica Raterman, Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, ID
Erin McCarty, Millard West High School, Omaha, NE
Erinn Beck, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
Esther Goordeen, American High School, Hialeah, FL
Eugene Dyer Stewart, Narraguagus High School, Harrington, ME
Evan Samek, Blaine High School, Blaine, MN
Fay Ellen LaManna, Toms River High School, Toms River, NJ
Gaylen Elyse Marano, John F. Kennedy, Bellmore, NY
George Gilbert, Bethseda-Chevy Chase, Silver Springs, MD
Greg Faucher, Stanton College Pre, Jacksonville, FL
Heather Mercer, Maumee High School, Maumee, OH
Heidi Misty Benstead, Augusta Christian School, Martinez, GA
Jake Spirek, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
James G. Sweeney, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
James Quacinella, Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY
Jared Blackburn, Westminister Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jeannine Sherman, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS
Jennifer Fox, Port Richmond High School, Staten Island, NY
Jennifer Lyn Strickland, St. Marys Memorial High, St. Marys, OH
Jennifer Malkovski, Whiney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
Jennifer Page, Brecksville-Broadview High School, Broadview Heights, OH
Jennifer Silver, Hewitt-Trussville High School, Trussville, AL
Jeremy Berman, West Bloomfield High School West Bloomfield, MI
Jeremy Shuback, West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, MI
Jessamyn A Fairfield, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
Jill McClain, Vanguard College Prep School, Waco, TX
Joan Colflesh, Olentangy High School, Lewis Center, OH
Joanne Yim, McKinley High School, Honolulu, HI
Johanna Wright, Wisconsin Heights High School, Mazomanie, WI
John Butt, Holy Cross High School, Riverside, NJ
John E. DeeWald Jr., University Liggett High School, Grosse Point Woods, MI
John Knauss, San Marino High School, San Marino, CA
John Mulligan, Clinton High School, Clinton, WI
Jonathan Barley, Francis Scott Key High School, Union Bridge, MD
Jorge Andres Barrett, Trinity Valley School, Ft. Worth, TX
Joshua J. Markowitz, Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago, IL
Julian Smith, Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, NY
Juliet Serra, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
Justin Grant Turner, Northside Christian Academy, Charlotte, NC
Justin M. Fowler, Jamestown High School, Williamsburg, VA
Kari Allen, Oneida High School, Oneida, NY
Katherine Victoria Molina, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, IA
Katie Hintz, Norris High School, Firth, Nebraska
Katie McBride, Owensboro Catholic High School, Owensboro, KY
Katie McKee, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN
Kristen Aldebol, J.L. Mann Academy, Greenville, SC
Kurt Samson, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
Larry Dressel, Troy High School, Troy, MI
LaToya Thurman, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, CA
Leah Lenardic, Brookfield East High School, Brookfield, WI
Leigh Seeleman, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
Lindsey Smith, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
Lisa Konno, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, HI
Lori Ann Flores, Alice High School, Alice, TX
Lynzie M.. Steffel, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
Maggie Walsh, Wellington Community High School, Wellington, FL
Maithilee Kunda, Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN
Malini Kochhar, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, India
Maria Haverovich, Line Mountain High School, Herndon, PA
Mark Christy, Wyoming Park High School, Wyoming, MI
Marshall Bussen, Waukesha West High School, Waukesha, WI
Mary Barrett, Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro, MA
Matt Lockaby, McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN
Maurice R. Ayache, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Mellah Lipp, Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna, WI
Michael Cherry, Schoharie Central School, Main Street Schoharie, NY
Michael Elias, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
Michael Gertner, John F. Kennedy, Bellmore, NY
Michael Hansen, Powell High School, Powell, WY
Michelle M. Mora, Windsor High School, Windsor, CO
Michelle Yuen, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Brooklyn, NY
Miroslav Enev, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
Natalie Beal, Hilliard Davidson High School, Hilliard, OH
Nick Brown, Evergreen High School, Seattle, WA
Nicole Rae Henry, Meridian High School, Meridian, TX
Nilo F. Couret, St Joseph Academy, St Augustine, FL
Owen Wickenkamp, Pauls Valley High School, Pauls Valley, OK
Pam Dutt, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
Patricia Krugjohn, Sturgis High School, Sturgis, SD
Patrick Kelly, Hinsdale South High School, Darien, IL
Patrick Levin, Framingham High School, Framingham, MA
Patrick Maynard, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
Paul Best, home school, Surry, NH
Paul Boehlert, St Pius X Catholic High School, Atlanta, GA
Peter Jenks, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN
Peter T Cahill, Community High School, Downers Grove, IL
Phillip Ortmann, Ford City High School, Ford City, PA
Rachel Hicklen, Blackman High School, Murfreesboro, TN
Rachyl Stupor, Newberg High School, Newberg, OR
Rob Hill, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
Rob Schwieger, Eugene, OR
Robert Bortins, Pinebrook Academy, Winston-Salem, NC
Robert J. Johnston, Palos Verdes Peninsuela High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Robin A. Smith, Yorktown, VA
Rose Weill, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
Rrhiannon Leach, Tahquah High School, Tahquah, OK
Ryan James David, Ontario High School, Ontario, OR
Ryan P. Ireland, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem, PA
Saly Thomas, Plano east Senior, Plano, TX
Sam Bagwell, Hoover High School, Glendale, CA
Sam Dreeben, San Antoniio, TX
Sandra Salsbury, Woodside High, Woodside, CA
Sarah Bowerman, Bethel Regional High School, Bethel, AK
Sarah J. Wu, Carlsbad High School, Carlsbad, NM
Sarah Jansen, Woodbridge High School, Irvine, CA
Sarah Miller, Allianc High School, Alliance, NE
Satyajit Sarna, Walt Whitman High School, Bethseda, MD
Scott Grant Stewart, Malibu High School, Malibu, CA
Scott W. Morey, Frankfort High School, Frankfort, MI
Sergey, Rakhmanov, Armwood High School, Seffner, FL
Shelby M. Renoos, Chippewa Falls Senior High, Chippewa Falls, WI
Stacy Lorfeld, Shoreland Lutheran High School, Somers, WI
Stephan I. Miran, Nanuet Senior High, Nanuet, NY
Stephanie Leah Wolter, Marine Academy, Sandy Hook, NJ
Stephen Ou, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
Steven Bair, Billings Senior High School, Billings, MT
Sunny Hwang, Pasadena High School, Pasadena, CA
Suzanne Oliason, Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX
Tamara Marie Woodson, Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, CA
Tammi Stout, Randall High School, Amarillo, TX
Theodore Wu, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA
Thieng Le, Stone Bridge High School, Ashburn, VA
Thomas Workoff, Silver Creek Central School, Silver Creek, NY
Tim Christian Ganser, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
Tim Miller, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL
Tony Walters, Tahlequah Senior High, Tahlequah, OK
Tracy M. Holmes, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
Truc Nnguyen, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, CA
Tu (Tiffany) Cam Le, Escondido High School, Escondido, CA
Tyler Deveny, Saint Albans High School, Saint Albans, WV
Tyler Seiple, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Worthington, OH
Udhay Krishnan, The Wheatley School, Old Westbury New York
William C. Schnackel, University School, Hunting Valley, OH