2009 Legacy Winners

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  • Jordan Allen

    Jordan Allen

    Jordan Allen has lived in a variety of settings with her military family, and her interests and accomplishments are similarly diverse. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she moved to Okinawa, Japan, in 1997, where she was placed in Gifted and Talented classes and a Japanese language immersion program at Kadena… More

  • Austin Glamser

    Austin Glamser

    Austin Glamser, raised in Houston, TX, began producing documentaries for the National History Day competition when he was in the 7th grade. He and his team advanced to the national level five of the six years in which they competed. Their work covered topics as diverse as George Washington’s decision… More

  • Richard Kelley

    Richard Kelley

    Richard Kelley Richard Kelley, a Harvard College alum, began his civic involvement in his hometown of Carpinteria, CA. As a member of the high school EcoClub Richard worked on environmental issues at school and in the community. Through the national Junior State of America he became acquainted with policy discussion… More

  • Philip Streich

    Philip Streich

    Born in New Jersey and raised in rural Wisconsin, Philip Streich has loved science as long as he can remember, and living on a farm was “like owning a huge laboratory.” It also gave him firsthand experience with environmental problems like soil erosion, pollution, and drought. Philip was home-schooled from… More

  • Simon Tedeschi

    Simon Tedeschi

    Simon Tedeschi  of New South Wales, Australia, performed his first Mozart Piano Concerto in the Sydney Opera House at age 9. Soon afterward, in 1994, he entered his first international piano competition in Italy, where he was voted the “most outstanding performer in all youth sections.“ During the next several… More