1960

The 33rd Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee took place on June 8th and 9th, 1960. It was held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., and 73 spellers participated.

In the 1960 National Competition, less than a year after Hawaii became a state, Gail Sachiko represented the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

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About the 33rd Bee

Champion

Henry Feldman

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Henry Feldman, age 13, sponsored by the Knoxville News Sentinel, won the $1,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “eudaemonic.”

Henry graduated from Swarthmore College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He became a math professor at Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

Location

Mayflower Hotel

at the Grand Ballroom

Winning Word

eudaemonic(adj)

yoo-dee-MAHN-ik

producing happiness : based on the idea of happiness as the proper end of conduct.

This word is from Greek.

OFFICIALS

Directors

James H. Wagner

Judges

  • William Harold Martin
  • Dr. Belmont Farley
  • Mrs. Bessie W. Cramer

Pronouncers

  • Benson S. Alleman

SPELLER ROSTER

  • Betty Jean Altschul
  • Dorwin Birt
  • Rita Bomar
  • Marsha Bonk
  • Juanita Boutin
  • Bart Bramley
  • Martha Burroughs
  • Mike Byrd
  • David Castaldi
  • Sally Cohen
  • Peter Crane
  • Rodger Cunningham
  • Regina M. Daniel
  • Richard W. Drost
  • Darlene Ebersole
  • Paula M. Epstein
  • Gayle Fehr
  • Henry Feldman
  • Charles Felsenthal
  • Joan Fenton
  • William Patrick Finnerty
  • Henry Fizer
  • Anne Fraser
  • Bobby Greenwell
  • Ann Grekel
  • Susan Grigg
  • Debbie Griglak
  • Gail Gulledge
  • Margaret Hamlett
  • Janet Harrington
  • Marie Inserra
  • Ilze Jaunzemis
  • Michael Kasting
  • Camille Kemplin
  • Jill Kennedy
  • Candace Kimball
  • Cecila Ann Krehbiel
  • Ronald J. Krom
  • Mayson Lancaster
  • Ronald Landsman
  • Melody LeFan
  • Elizabeth M. Letcher
  • Janet Ann Lillie
  • Marie Luschas
  • Rosario Mabini
  • Ellen McGinty
  • Mary Ann Milano
  • Lynda Lea Moore
  • Mary Mueller
  • Gail Sachiko Nakamura
  • John Eugene Nelson
  • Judy Anne Nichols
  • Thomas Lee Pettit
  • Laurel Pratt
  • Gloria Ray
  • James Roseman
  • Bob Ross
  • Diane Saltz
  • Sherrie Sanford
  • Robert Schiffer
  • Jaquelyn Sharkey
  • Richard Soll
  • Carol Ann Sosnowchik
  • Julia Stacy
  • Linda Stewart
  • Rhonda Lee Sutterfield
  • Caroline Thompkins
  • Armen Varteressian
  • Allen Watts
  • Judy West
  • Jan Williams
  • Dianne Wilner
  • Linda Wright

* Winner
** Runner-Up