Paul E. Teschan (1923- ), Watson Davis (1896-1967), and Marina Prajmovsky (1924-1974), 1942
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Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1942
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-4099
The winners of the first Science Talent Search competition, Paul E. Teschan (1923- ) and Marina Prajmovsky (1924-1974), are shown with Science Service director, Watson Davis (1896-1967). Prajmovsky had immigrated to the United States from Finland when she was four, and her essay on ''Chemical Death to Infection'' won the competition that year. Prajmovsky used her $2,400 scholarship to attend Radcliffe College. After graduation, she conducted research on eye diseases at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and also worked for the Navy.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-4099
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1942
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-4099]