Salt Lake Tribune readers pick award-winning STEM students as Utahns of the Year - Salt Lake Tribune

When asked to pick 2019’s Utahn of the Year, a plurality of Salt Lake Tribune readers didn’t choose a leader in government or business — they opted for three teenage girls who demonstrated their skills at science.

Clare received the $10,000 Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation, and Holt received $3,500 and a first-place award in technology, for their project: A way to create building materials on Mars by mixing resin to native soil to make super-strong bricks. Randhahn got second place for engineering, and a $2,500 prize, for devising a safe way to dispose of leftover opioids.

Coming in fourth, at 7.1%, was Russell M. Nelson, president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nelson was seventh with readers in 2018.

At fifth place, with 6.5%, were Jill and Matthew McCluskey, the Washington State University academics who filed a lawsuit to maintain pressure on the University of Utah after their daughter, Lauren, was murdered outside her dorm in 2018.

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UTAHN OF THE YEAR: READERS’ PICKS
Here, in list form, are the top vote-getters in The Salt Lake Tribune’s Utahn of the Year readers’ poll.
1. Sidor Clare, Kassie Holt, Mercedes Randhahn, STEM competition winners; 22.9%.
2. Protesters; 9%.
3. Archie Archuleta, Latino activist; 8.2%.
4. Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 7.1%.
5. Jill and Matthew McCluskey, parents of murdered U. of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey; 6.8%.
6. Gail Miller, businesswoman, philanthropist, owner of Utah Jazz; 6.5%.
7. Huntsman family, business owners, philanthropists; 6.3%.
8. San Juan County commissioners; 6.1%.
9. Nick Rimando, retiring Real Salt Lake goalkeeper; 5.5%.
10. Utah’s homeless; 3.6%.

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