Teacher-in-Space
The Teacher-in-Space program was announced on 3 May 1985. There were 10,463 applications from the fifty states, US territories, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense and Department of State. Here are listed all of the candidate selections. The finalists (*) were announced on 1 July 1985.
Alabama
Sophia Ann Clifford
Erwin High
Birmingham
Pamela Sue Grayson
Minor High
Birmingham
Alaska
Mildred J. Heinrich
Robert Service High
Anchorage
Richard C. Houghton
Napaaqtugmiut High
Noatak
Arizona
Robert Carpenter
Secrist Middle
Tucson
Robin Kline
Tonalea Elementary
Scottsdale
Arkansas
William A. Dempsey
Arkansas Senior
Texarkana
Mary Beth Greenway
Parkview High
Little Rock
Bureau of Indian Affairs
(none)
California
William M. Dillion, Jr.
Peninsula High
San Bruno
Gloria M. McMillan
La Jolla High
La Jolla
Colorado
Kim Natala
Pomona High
Arvada
Robert Stack
Shawsheen Elementary
Greeley
Connecticut
Robert Mellette
Conte Arts Magnet
New Haven
David Warner
Westminster
Simsbury
Delaware
Henry E. W. Bouchelle
Pilot
Wilmington
Stephanie Gerjovich-Wright
Stanton Middle
Wilmington
Department of Defense
Mary Smothers
Kaiserslauten American High
Germany
Kenneth VanLew
Frankfurt High
Germany
Department of State
Donald Jonasson
Jakarta International
Jakarta Selatan
Bruce Wixted
American of Kuwait
Hawalli
District of Columbia
William A. Barwick, Jr.
Woodrow Wilson High
D.C.
Nancy J. Cooksy
Eastern High
D.C.
Florida
Susan W. Forte
Georgestone Vocational
Pensacola
Michael D. Reynolds
Duncan U. Fletcher, Sr.
Neptune Beach
Georgia
Thomas Phillip Garmon
Benjamin E. Mays High
Atlanta
Carol G. Hickson
Fernback Science Center
Atlanta
Guam
Dale J. Jenkins
St. John's
Tumon Bay
M. Bernadette McCorkle
Vocational High
Barrigada
Hawaii
Joseph Ciotti
St. Louis High
Honolulu
Arthur Kimura
McKinley High
Honolulu
Idaho
*David M. Marquart
Boise High
Boise
Illinois
John D. Baird
Quincy Senior High
Quincy
Lynne M. Haeffele
Bloomington High
Bloomington
Indiana
*Robert S. Foerster
Cumberland Elementary
West Lafayette
Stephen L. Tucker
West Vigo High
West Terre Haute
Iowa
A. John Cazanas
Rockford Senior High
Rockford
Lori M. Goetsch
Mt. Pleasant Junior High
Mount Pleasant
Kansas
Wendell G. Mohling
Shawnee Mission NW High
Shawnee Mission
Barry L. Schartz
Goddard High
Goddard
Kentucky
Sue Ellen W. Darnell
North Marshall Jr. High
Calvert City
Judy A. White
L. C. Curry Elementary
Bowling Green
Louisiana
Debra Harris
Rusheon Junior High
Bossier City
Denise Van Bigger
Alexandria Country
Alexandria
Maine
Gordon L. Corbett
Yarmouth Intermediate
Yarmouth
William C. Townsend
Sumner Memorial High
East Sullivan
Maryland
*Kathleen Beres
Kenwood High
Baltimore
David R. Zahren
G. Gardner Shugard Middle
Hillcrest Heights
Massachusetts
*Richard Methia
New Bedford High
New Bedford
Charles Sposato
Farley Middle
Framingham
Michigan
Derrick Fries
Seaholm High
Birmingham
Sharon Newman
West Hills Middle
West Bloomfield
Minnesota
Steve L. Brehmer
Wanamingo Public
Wanamingo
Katherine Koch-Laveen
Apple Valley High
Apple Valley
Mississippi
Connie Moore
Oak Grove High
Hattiesburg
Joann Reid
Weir Attendance Center
Weir
Missouri
Christopher W. Brown
McCluer N. Senior High
Florissant
Richard K. Kavanaugh
Park Hill R-5
Kansas City
Montana
Paul Dorrance
Helena High
Helena
Patricia Johnson
Capital High
Helena
Nebraska
Roger Ray
Northwest High
Omaha
James R. Schaeffer
Lincoln East High
Lincoln
Nevada
Ericka J. Turner
Chaparral High
Las Vegas
Joan C. Turner
Las Vegas High
Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Robert Veilleux
Central High
Manchester
New Jersey
Jeannine M. Duane
Black River Middle
Chester
Binnie J. Thom
Walter C. Black
Highstown
New Mexico
(none)
New York
Susan A. Agruso
East Islip High
Islip Terrace
Edward F. Duncanson
Crispell Middle
Pine Bush
North Carolina
Ernest W. Morgan
Morganton Jr. High
Morganton
Cynthia B. Zeger
Salisbury
Salisbury
North Dakota
Sherry L. Hanson
A. L. Hagen, Jr., High
Dickinson
Donald L. Hoff
Velva High
Velva
Ohio
Gail B. Klink
Newark High
Newark
James B. Rowley
Centerville High
Centerville
Oklahoma
Freda D. Deskin
Pauls Valley Middle
Pauls Valley
Frank E. Marcum
Booker T. Washington High
Tulsa
Oregon
Stephen Boyarsky
Medford High
Medford
Michael Fitzgibbons
Forest Grove High
Forest Grove
Pennsylvania
Patricia Plazzolo
Clairton High
Clairton
Charles Tremer
Southern Lehigh
Center Valley
Puerto Rico
Nancy M. Lee
Roosevelt Roads Middle
Ceiba
John G. Wells
Roosevelt Roads Middle
Ceiba
Rhode Island
Ronald Reynolds
Barrington High
Barrington
Leisa Sadwin
Halliwell
North Smithfield
South Carolina
Michael H. Farmer
Riverside High
Greer
Myra J. Halpin
Goose Creek High
Goose Creek
South Dakota
Kevin J. Falon
Lincoln Senior High
Sioux Falls
Gerald E. Loomer
Rapid City Central High
Rapid City
Tennessee
Carolyn H. Dobbins
McMurray Middle
Nashville
Bonnie D. Fakes
Lebanon High
Lebanon
Texas
*Peggy Lathlaen
Westwood Elementary
Friendswood
Stephen A. Warren
Stephen F. Austin High
Austin
Utah
John W. Barainca
Brighton High
Salt Lake City
Linda J. Preston
Park City High
Park City
Vermont
Gail Breslauer
Fayston Elementary
Waitsfield
*Michael Metcalf
Hazen Union
Hardwick
Virginia
Ronald C. Fortunato
Norfolk Technical Vocational Center
Norfolk
*Judith M. Garcia
Jefferson School for Science & Technology
Alexandria
Virgin Islands
Carol Eby
Peace Corps Elementary
St. Thomas
Rosa Hampson
Elena Christian Junior High
Christiansted
Washington
Frances B. Call
Islander Middle
Mercer Island
Michael R. Jones
Kellogg Middle
Seattle
West Virginia
*Niki M. Wenger
Vandevender Junior High
Parkersburg
Melanie B. Vickers
St. Albans Junior High
St. Albans
Wisconsin
Ellen Baerman
Wisconsin Hills Elementary
Brookfield
Larry Scheckel
Tomah Senior High
Tomah
Wyoming
Julie M. Gess
Evanston High
Evanston
Michael G. Pearson
McCormick Junior High
Cheyenne
The finalists, excluding Christa McAuliffe. (click to enlarge) L-R, Barbara Morgan, David Marquart,
Kathleen Beres, Margaret Lathlaen, Robert Foerster, Nancy Wenger, Michael
Metcalf, Richard Methia, and Judith Garcia. (This
photo was taken after the Challenger accident, which is why Christa McAuliffe is
absent.)
Barbara Morgan and Christa McAuliffe. (click to enlarge)
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