Alabama -- Don Williamson; Cullman Senior High School, Cullman, AL -- Music
Alaska -- Michael Carson; Sand Lake Elementary School, Anchorage, AK -- Elementary, 3-6
Arizona -- Gretchen James; Camelback High School, Phoenix, AZ --
Physical Education
Arkansas -- Jennie Harrison; Amboy Elementary School, North Little Rock, AR -- Elementary, 1-2
California -- Patricia Oyeshiku; Samuel F. B. Mores High School, San Diego, CA -- English; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Colorado -- Royce Tyson; Manning Junior High School, Golden, CO -- Russian
Connecticut -- Shirley J. Gillis; Harbor School, New London, CT -- Elementary, Kindergarten; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Delaware -- June Claire Soukup; Sussex Central High School, Georgetown, DE -- Psychology
Florida -- Patricia Palmer; Vero Beach Elementary School, Vero Beach, FL -- Elementary, Kindergarten
Georgia -- William Densmore; Northside High School, Atlanta, GA -- Music
Hawaii -- Shoshana Herzig; Moanalu High School, Honolulu, HI -- Economics; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Idaho -- Sharon Mullen; Stalker Elementary School, Blackfoot, ID -- Elementary, 1
Illinois -- Penny Edwards; Tower Hill Elementary School, Tower Hill, IL --
Elementary, 4
Indiana -- Calvin Lee; Hoagland Elementary School, Hoagland, IN -- Elementary, 6
Iowa -- Dan Gogerty; South East Junior High School, Iowa City, IA -- Language Arts
Kansas -- Helen Wagner; Skelly Elementary School, El Dorado, KS --
Elementary, 6
Kentucky -- Olive Stevenson; Brooks Elementary School, Shepherdsville, KY -- Elementary, 3
Louisiana -- Christene Wade Strother; Woodlawn High School, Shreveport, LA -- Distributive Education
Maine -- Sarah Chipman; Dexter Regional High School, Dexter, ME -- English
Massachusetts -- Margaret Campbell; Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow, MA -- English
Michigan -- Joan Hammersmith; Ada Elementary School, Grand Rapids, MI -- Elementary, 1
Minnesota -- Cecelia Rose Quaife; Sunnyside Elementary School, New Brighton, MN -- Elementary, 3-4
Mississippi -- Jo Anne Reid; Weir Attendance Center, Weir, MS -- Science
Missouri -- Karen Watson Cooper; Cooter Elementary School, Cooter, MO --
Special Education
Montana -- Clifford Nelson; Seeley Lake Elementary School, Seeley Lake, MT -- Language Arts
Nebraska -- William Locke; Hastings Junior High School, Hastings, NE --
Language Arts
Nevada -- Judith Ann Thompson; Winnemucca Junior High School, Winnemucca, NV -- Reading
New Hampshire -- Robert Alexander; Concord High School, Concord, NH -- Distributive Education
New Jersey -- Bryan Wall; Linden High School, Linden, NJ -- Special Education
New Mexico -- Myrtle Williams; Manire Elementary School, Carrizozo, NM -- Elementary, 2
New York -- Jay Sommer; New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY -- Language; 1981 National Teacher of the Year ( NTOY Information )
North Carolina -- Linda Lee; Cummings Senior High School, Burlington, NC -- English
North Dakota -- Kathleen Rae Olson; Valley Junior High School, Grand Forks, ND -- Special Education
Ohio -- Fred Lee Votaw; East Canton High School, East Canton, OH -- Art
Oklahoma -- Alice Gregg; Okay High School, Okay, OK -- English
Oregon -- Bonnie Morgan; Sam Barlow High School, Gresham, OR -- Language Arts
Pennsylvania -- Louis DeVicaris; Cheltenham High School, Wyncote, PA -- Chemistry
Puerto Rico -- Hector Berrios; Federico Degetau School, Aibonito, PR --
Elementary, 3
Rhode Island -- Elaine MacCoy Edwards; Metcalf Middle School, Exeter, RI -- English
South Carolina -- Sara Wallace Payne; Greenville High School, Greenville, SC -- English
South Dakota -- Josephine Hartman; Spearfish Junior High School, Spearfish, SD -- Reading
Tennessee -- Brenda Thompson Smith; Tusculum View Elementary School, Greeneville, TN -- Elementary, 5
Texas -- Judy McCaleb Matney; Dulles High School, Stafford, TX -- Physics
Utah -- Kenneth Rex Curtis; Cottonwood High School, Salt Lake City, UT -- Biology
Vermont -- Alberta Darby; North Country Union High School, Newport, VT --
Social Studies
Virginia -- Carol Taube Yosafat; Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Roanoke, VA -- English
Washington -- Terry Rice; Hiawatha Elementary School, Othello, WA --
Elementary, 3
West Virginia -- Rosanna Reaser; Bluefield High School, Bluefield, WV -- English
Wisconsin -- Charles Hatfield; Fort Howard Elementary School, Green Bay, WI -- Elementary, 6
Wyoming -- Lois Horn Sackman; Riverton High School, Riverton, WY -- Speech
