We are proud to announce
the national finalists and alternates for the 2009 Wisconsin
History Day State Event held on May 2, 2009. The national finalists
represented Wisconsin at the national contest June 14-18, 2009,
at the University of Maryland-College Park.
The first and second alternate in each category are offered the
opportunity to attend the national contest in the event that the
finalist entry is unable to attend.
Each finalist designs
their entry to reflect the annual theme. The entries below reflect
the annual theme for 2009: The Individual in History: Actions
and Legacies.
Student Name(s) |
Project Title |
School |
| Junior
Papers |
National Finalist:
Billy Lawton
|
Curt Flood: The Champion of Professional
Baseball Players' Rights |
University School of Milwaukee |
National Finalist:
Elizabeth Karron
|
The Man Outside the Public Eye: Re-Examining
the Life and Legacies of Joseph R. McCarthy |
Whitefish Bay Middle School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Andrew Carlson
|
Connecting Two Worlds: Richard Nixon |
Holmen Middle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Taylor Bontje
|
Maria Tallchief: The Great Success of America's
First Prima Ballerina |
Altoona Middle School |
| Senior Papers |
National Finalist:
Laura Ball
|
Cholera and the Pump on Broad Street: The
Life and Legacy of John Snow |
University School of Milwaukee |
National Finalist:
Emma Svenson
|
Her Name was Theresa Menardi: A Public Health
Nurse Caring for Trinidad, Colorado |
Middleton High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Nick Draeger
|
Muhammad Ali: Freedom Fighter |
Monona Grove High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Katie McShane
|
Rosalind Franklin: Unsung Hero of the Double
Helix |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
| Junior
Individual Exhibits |
National Finalist:
Carolyn Raihala
|
Extravaganza! The Audacious Actions and Lavish
Legacies of John Ringling, Circus Tycoon |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Annelise Escher
|
Lewis Hine: Exposing a National Disgrace |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
1st Honorable Mention:
Anna Brown
|
Alice Paul: A Legacy of Women Leaders and
Voters |
Longfellow Middle School, La
Crosse |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Evan Patz
|
Arnall Patz: A Turning Point for Ophthalmology |
Velma Hamilton Middle School,
Madison |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Ben Wrasse |
Dr. Seuss: Beyond the Books |
Durand Junior High |
4th Honorable Mention:
Hannah Anderson |
Andy Warhol: Modifying the Perspective on
Art |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
| Junior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Briana Schwabenbauer, Nicole Pederson
|
Susan B. Anthony: Failure is Impossible |
Holmen Middle School |
National Finalists:
Mara Rosenstock, Martha Longley
|
Equal Education for Women: A Little Known
Legacy of Susan B. Anthony |
EAGLE School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Beth Ryan, Anna Sibenaller
|
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red
Cross |
Holmen Middle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Maddie Perlewitz, Gabby Perlewitz
|
James Armistead |
University School of Milwaukee |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Becca Schaefer, Keeley Neevel, Lillie Cox, Kendra Morgan
|
Carrie Chapman Catt |
South Middle School, Eau Claire |
4th Honorable Mention:
Katie Seibold, Rachel Marinin, Alexandra Zenisek |
Rachel Carson: Author and Environmentalist |
Richfield Elementary School |
| Senior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Samantha White
|
Waging War for Basic Rights: Rose Schneiderman |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
National Finalist:
Kelly Parrell
|
Fresh Air for Union Soldiers |
Wisconsin Heights High School,
Mazomanie |
1st Honorable Mention:
Kevin Mathiowetz
|
The Effects of Silent Spring |
Regis High School, Eau Claire |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Molly Griep
|
Patsy T. Mink |
Whitewater High School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Cooper Patton |
Frank Lloyd Wright and Organic Architecture |
Mount Horeb High School |
4th Honorable Mention:
Spencer Seiler |
Milton Hershey: Sharing the Sweetness |
Mount Horeb High School |
| Senior Group Exhibits
|
National
Finalists:
Cory Niles, Jordan Christopherson, Erin Stavne
|
Jack the Ripper: Media's Perpetual Sensation
and Notorious Catalyst of Social Reform |
Grantsburg High School |
National
Finalists:
Melissa Wagner, Jordan Welnetz |
Cordelia A. P. Harvey: An Uncommon Angel |
Northland Pines High School,
Eagle River |
1st Honorable Mention:
Molly Groskreutz, Jay Voter, Lennon Jones, Isaiah Welsh
|
How the Other Half Lives: Jacob Riis |
Central High School, La Crosse |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Regina Vanderlinden, Katie Godding
|
Coco Chanel: From Nameless to Household Name |
Parker High School, Janesville |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Lauren Dalzin, Claire McCullough |
Billie Jean King: Turns the Tide |
Whitewater High School |
4th Honorable Mention:
Astrid Lavell, Randee Zander |
Satchmo: The Father of Jazz |
Mount Horeb High School |
| Junior
Individual Performances |
National Finalist:
Isaac Herlitzka |
John Wilkes Booth: The Assassinator of Lincoln |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Laura Bunn
|
Starring Judy Blume as Herself |
EAGLE School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Heather Tice
|
The Love, Laughter, and Legacy of Gilda Radner:
Opening the Eyes of America to Cancer |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Kelsey Wright
|
Rosie The Riveter: Doctor, Lawyer, Farmer:
Oh, My! |
Kohler Middle School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Paige Kordonowy |
Harriet Hanson Robinson: Changing the City
of Spindles |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
4th Honorable Mention:
Libby Scholz |
Kay Clarenbach: Women's Equality N.O.W. |
Velma Hamilton Middle School,
Madison |
| Junior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Rose von Muchow, Olivia Sasaki
|
Rachel Carson |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
National Finalists:
Alicia McQuade, Whitney Emerich, Corey Riedl
|
Million Dollar "Leg"-acy |
Kaleidoscope Academy, Appleton |
1st Honorable Mention:
Helen Kaufman, Hannah Kitslaar
|
Margaret Newell H'Doubler: Legendary Dance
Teacher and Performer |
Bay View Middle School, Green
Bay |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Victoria Beda, Kathryn Block, Suzanne Phalen
|
John Wilkes Booth: The Shot that Killed the
South |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
| Senior Individual Performances
|
National Finalist:
Callie Boydston
|
Alfred Lunt Changes the History of Broadway |
Whitewater High School |
National Finalist:
Mikaela Zetley
|
Miriam Makebai: Voice of Apartheid |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
1st Honorable Mention:
Rachel Wilkinson
|
Billie Blues: The Life and Times of Lady
Day |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Generika Matt
|
Robert LaFollette's Opposition to World War
I |
Mount Horeb High School |
| Senior Group Performances
|
National
Finalists:
Benjamin Messerschmidt, Cody Voetmann |
Alexander Graham Bell: Going Beyond the Telephone |
Fall Creek High School |
National Finalists:
Brin Lawrence, Jennie Mack
|
James Cameron: Survivor and Educator |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
1st
Honorable Mention:
Kathryn Myers, Kelsey Pickard |
Robert Pittman: The Man Behind MTV |
Regis High School, Eau Claire |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Desiree Peters, Marlana Parker, Brian Vargo
|
Fighting Bob |
Bangor High School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Karley Clayton, Thomas Gonzalez |
Walt Disney |
Lincoln High School, Manitowoc |
| Junior
Individual Documentaries |
National Finalist:
Madeleine Smith
|
So I Stopped Eating: Cesar Chavez's
Legacy of Nonviolence |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Anne Zhao
|
Gaylord Nelson: A Legacy Beyond
Earth Day |
EAGLE School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Bradley Schlesinger
|
Harry Truman: An Unlikely Civil
Rights Champion |
University School of Milwaukee |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Kevin Jiang
|
Shinichi Suzuki: The Man of Love |
EAGLE School, Madison |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Carly Phillips |
Harvey Milk: Opening the Closet
for Society |
D.C. Everest Junior High School, Schofield |
4th Honorable Mention:
Courtney Bougie |
Sacagawea: The Lewis and Clark
Expedition |
Freedom Middle School |
| Junior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Nate Smith, Jeffrey Zhao
|
We Shall Overcome: The Impact of Pete Seeger
and His Music |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalists:
Lauren Smith, Emily Burton
|
Theodora Winton Youmans: Leading Wisconsin
Women to Equal Suffrage |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
John Mullooly, Henry Luedtke
|
The Father of Our National Parks and How
He Inspired So Many |
St. Jude the Apostle School,
Wauwatosa |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Natalie Sell, Jamie Lee
|
Northwoods Heroine: Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb |
MHLT Elementary School, Minocqua |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Brenna Mulholland, Emily Toporski |
Mother of the Ho-Chunk: The Legacy of Juliette
A. M. Kinzie |
JR Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly |
4th Honorable Mention:
Joey Kennedy, Jim McVey, Aaron Phillips |
Iwo Jima's 28th Marines |
Lake Country Middle School, Hartland |
| Senior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
Megan Hermann
|
My Brother and I |
Southwest High School, Green
Bay |
National Finalist:
Jacob Wrasse
|
Harry S. Truman: The "S" is for
Surprise |
Durand High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Sarah Scott
|
Martha Graham: Mother of Modern Dance |
Central High School, La Crosse |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Hannah Gemrich
|
Odessa Piper: Food Revolutionary |
Wisconsin Heights High School,
Mazomanie |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Dayle Kornely |
The Jacqueline Kennedy White House Restoration |
Lincoln High School, Manitowoc |
4th Honorable Mention:
Matthew Eikamp |
Mozart: The Inaccessible Master |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
| Senior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Thomas Weston, Max Molina, Sung Kang
|
Edward Bernays: The Ultimate Propagandist |
Whitewater High School |
National Finalists:
Nick Jensen, Wendy Wolf, Colin Brochtrup, Bailey Derks
|
Isaac Newton: Space Pioneer |
La Follette High School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Dylan Jordee, Roland Will
|
Melvin Laird: Coolness Under Fire |
Waunakee High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Lisa Vang, Tony Ngoyen, Ignacio Contreras
|
Ho Chi Minh |
Riverside University High School,
Milwaukee |
| Junior
Websites |
National
Finalist(s):
Teddy Boesen |
Jacob Riis: How He Shed Light on Poverty |
St. Jude the Apostle School, Wauwatosa |
National
Finalist(s):
Alexandar Gehrke
|
L. E. Phillips: Industrial Philanthropist |
South Middle School, Eau Claire |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Samuel Buxton
|
William Henry Seward: Leadership in Politics |
EAGLE School, Madison |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Chelsea Gregoire
|
Susan B. Anthony: The Fight for Equal Rights |
Altoona Middle School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Matthew Schumaker |
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: A Soldier's Soldier |
University School of Milwaukee |
4th Honorable Mention:
Nishad Agrawal |
Arthur Ashe: The Gentle Warrior |
University School of Milwaukee |
| Senior
Websites |
National Finalist:
Courtney Banker, Beth VanBeek
|
Jane Addams |
Seymour Community High School |
National Finalist:
Tiffany Scuglik
|
Susan B. Anthony |
Germantown High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Alex Hoffmann, Timothy Yang
|
Henry Ford and the Art of Mass Production |
Germantown High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Luli Zou, Sara Shi, Alexis Block
|
Harry Houdini |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
WI
Society of Mayflower Descendants Award for Early American
History |
Junior Division:
Hunter Dux - Prairie River Middle School
|
Ethan Allen: Fiery Patriot |
Senior Division:
Rachel Veldt - Seymour Community High School
|
Thomas Jefferson: The World Through
the Eyes of a Gardener |
Robert and Carroll
Heideman Award for Outstanding Archival Research |
Junior Division:
Libby Scholz - Velma Hamilton Middle School
|
Kay Clarenbach: Women's Equality
N.O.W. |
Senior Division:
Dylan Jordee, Roland Will - Waunakee High School
|
Melvin Laird: Coolness Under
Fire |
Wisconsin Council
for Local History Award |
Junior Division:
Elle Reinhart - Aquinas Middle School
|
D. B. Reinhart: How He Changed
La Crosse |
Senior Division:
Isaac Kalsow - Wisconsin Heights High School
|
The Life and Legacy of Elroy
"Crazylegs" Hirsch |
John C. Geilfuss Award
for Wisconsin History |
Junior Division:
Claire Inda - University School of Milwaukee
|
Senator "Fighting Bob"
Robert M. LaFollette: The Unconquerable Soul of a Soldier
for Progressive Ideas |
Senior Division:
Bailey Mulholland, Gretchen Miron - Kimberly High School
|
Emma Toft: A Legacy of Conservation |
| Abraham Lincoln Research
Awards |
Junior Division:
Isaac Herlitzka - Eagle School
|
John Wilkes Booth: Assasinator
of Lincoln
|
Junior Division:
Willa Huddleston -D.C. Everest Junior High School |
Cordelia Harvey: Persuades Lincoln
and Saves Lives
|
Senior Division:
Samantha Bush -Random Lake High School
|
Abraham Lincoln: The Great American
President
|
American Labor History
Award |
Junior Division:
Madeleine Smith - EAGLE School
|
So I Stopped Eating: Cesar Chavez's
Legacy of Nonviolence |
Senior Division:
Anne Wermedal - Bangor High School
|
Esther Peterson: Labor, Labels,
and Justice |
American Military
History Award |
Junior Division:
Joey Kennedy, Jim McVey, Aaron Phillips - Lake Country Middle
School
|
Iwo Jima's 28th Marines |
Senior Division:
Lee Southwell - Edgerton High School
|
Gilbert Lee Southwell: A Doughboy's
Story |
| National History Day
in Wisconsin Teacher of Merit |
Jim DeBroux
|
Random Lake High School |
