Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

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Sept. 26, 1991 12 AM PT

More than 15,000 students nationwide, representing about half of 1% of each state’s graduating class, have been selected as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They were the top scorers on the 1990 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Finalists will be considered for one of 1,800 National Merit Scholarships, each worth $2,000. The semifinalists include:

Long Beach

For the record:

12:00 a.m. Sept. 29, 1991 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday September 29, 1991 Home Edition Long Beach Part J Page 4 Column 4 Zones Desk 2 inches; 39 words Type of Material: Correction
Merit Scholarships--Three La Serna High School students--Nicholas W. Bigelow, Michael Z. Ounjian and Frederick W. Snyder--have been selected as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. A Times story Thursday reported the students’ school incorrectly.

Polytechnic High School: Thienen H. Bui, Michael C. Cipra, Eric S. Dickson, Hui-Kyung T. Kim, Matthew D. Powers, Deborah J. Truitt and Sue Ann Wee.

Millikan High School: James F. Sanchez.

Wilson High School: Darryl W. Dunn, Anthony P. Killian and Brett M. Whelan.

Cerritos

Cerritos High School: Tervel T. Atanassov, David H. Kim, Faye H. Ku and Ronald M. Yang.

Whitney High School: Catherine A. Allen, Andrea Y. Au, Micheal G. Chen, Mark Chin, Karin S. Furumoto, John Y. Hsu, Alejandro L. Joaquin, Justin Y. Lee, Rosalind McCormack, Andres Rueda-Gavivia, Willy C. Tsai.

Valley Christian High School: James M. Schipper.

Downey

Warren High School: Jeff T. Chen, Paul J. Chun, Ryan D. Higman, Change W. Kim, Young T. Kook and David Tien.

La Mirada

La Mirada High School: Tanya M. Barauskas and Debra A. Bogdanoff.

Montebello

Schurr High School: Stan S. Ahn, Roger M. Salisch and Kara N. Vuicich.

Whittier

Whittier High School: Nicholas W. Bigelow, Michael Z. Ounjian and Frederick W. Snyder.