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General Information Test

Lucy and Sherman Maisel ’35 General Information Test

The Lucy and Sherman Maisel ’35 General Information Test is given to students in grades 9 through 12 as a measure of general knowledge.
 

Past Winners

Although the General Information Test dates back to 1908, only the names of those making the highest scores each year have been recorded since 1919.

YEAR NAME
1919 Glenn W. Flickinger '19, James A. M. Stewart '19
1920 Henry H. George '22
1921 Henry H. George '22
1922 Henry H. George '22
1923 John F. Huber, Jr. '23
1924 George Allen '24
1925 James R. Smith '25
1926 Arnold Jacobowitz '27
1927 James F. Simon '28
1928 James F. Simon '28
1929 John R. Hopkins '29
1930 C. Gaylord '30
1931 William Prentice '32
1932 Charles S. Lyon '33
1933 Charles S. Lyon '33
1934 Sherman Maisel '35
1935 Sherman Maisel '35
1936 John H. Harriman '37
1937 Harry A. Bliss '37
1938 William A. Griffin, Jr.
1939 John C. Kenefick '39
1940 George W. Goetz
1941 Phillip R. Jacobs '41
1942 Richard T. Krueger '43
1943 Richard T. Krueger '43
1944 Robert T. Ellsworth, Jr. '45
1945 Thomas R. Edwards, Jr. '46
1946 Thomas R. Edwards, Jr. '46
1947 William W. Heath '47
1948 Richard C. Jacobs '49
1949 Robert E. Dillon, Jr. '49
1950 Charles W. Millard, III '50
1951 Benjamin Y. Bigler, Jr. '51
1952 Thomas H. Eighmy '55
1953 David L. Robb '53
1954 Henry M. Porter '54
1955 Thomas H. Eighmy '55
1956 David R. Stewart '56
1957 F. Peter Boer '57
1958 Timothy Riggs '59
1959 Timothy Riggs '59
1960 Marshall Goldstein '60 and Geoffrey Getman '61
1961 Peter Wilson '61
1962 Keith M. Karnofsky '64
1963 Keith M. Karnofsky '64
1964 Julian H. Fisher '65
1965 Hamilton G. Lamont '65
1966 Peter Gow, III '68
1967 John M. MacCallum '68
1968 William LaPiana '70
1969 William LaPiana '70
1970 William LaPiana '70
1971 John Schapiro '74, David Talley '71, Neil Masters '71
1972 John Greenman '72
1973 John Schapiro '74
1974 John Schapiro '74
1975 George Binette '78
1976 George Binette '78, John Starr '77
1977 George Binette '78
1978 George Binette '78
1979 George Minowada '79
1980 Daniel Sterman '81
1981 Daniel Sterman '81
1982 Roderick Potter III '82
1983 William Duggan '84
1984 Peter Klein '84
1985 Patrick Long '85
1986 Raymond Tan '87
1987 Brendan Hassett '88
1988 Brendan Hassett '88
1989 Michael Reilly '92
1990 Sean Takats '92
1991 Michael Reilly '92, Sean Takats '92
1992 Anusha Rasalingam '92, Lee Rashman '93, Michael Reilly '92
1993 Eric Voboril '93
1994 Ted Bloomberg '94
1995 Peter Sung '95
1996 Joseph Levine '97
1997 Charles DeSimone '97
1998 Nicholas Amigone IV '98
1999 Thomas Leri '99
2000 David Miller '00
2001 Daniel Galvin '01
2002 Jay Gill '02
2003 Justin Douds '03
2004 James Williams '04
2005 David Plotkin '06
2006 Emma Rosen '07
2007 Peter Kucera '07
2008 Peter Ewing '08
2009 John Peek Clinton '09
2010 Will Savino '10
2011 Nick Shea '12
2012 Nick Shea '12
2013 Jason Zhou '14
2014 Jason Zhou '14
2015 Rebecca Regan '15
2016 Vera Potter '17
2017 Brad Castiglia '18 and Vera Potter '17
2018 Gabe Robare '20
2019 Gabe Robare '20
2020 Gabe Robare '20
2021 Ben Robare '22
2022 Ben Robare '22

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