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Rhodes Scholarship

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Rhodes Scholars receive a full ride for two years at Oxford University, including travel costs to and from England. Named after Cecil John Rhodes, South African diamond tycoon.

Official Website:
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Carl B. Albert
Politician
10-May-1908 4-Feb-2000 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76
Tom Allen
Politician
16-Apr-1945   Congressman from Maine, 1997-2009
Les Aspin
Politician
21-Jul-1938 21-May-1995 US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94
John C. Baldwin
Doctor
c. 1949   Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech
Peter Beinart
Columnist
1971   Washington Post columnist
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
Dennis C. Blair
Government
4-Feb-1947   Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10
Allan Blakeney
Politician
7-Sep-1925 16-Apr-2011 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82
Charles H. Bonesteel III
Military
26-Sep-1909 13-Oct-1977 Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
Cory Booker
Politician
27-Apr-1969   Mayor of Newark, NJ
Daniel Boorstin
Historian
1-Oct-1914 28-Feb-2004 The Creators
David L. Boren
Politician
21-Apr-1941   Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
John Brademas
Politician
2-Mar-1927   Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81
Bill Bradley
Politician
28-Jul-1943   US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Cleanth Brooks
Critic
16-Oct-1906 10-May-1994 The Well Wrought Urn
W. Walton Butterworth
Diplomat
7-Sep-1903 31-Mar-1975 US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68
Brad Carson
Politician
11-Mar-1967   Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05
Daniel H. Case III
Business
27-Jul-1957 27-Jun-2002 Hambrecht & Quist
Richard Celeste
Politician
11-Nov-1937   Governor of Ohio, 1983-91
David Chalmers
Philosopher
20-Apr-1966   Philosopher of Consciousness
Wesley Clark
Military
23-Dec-1944   Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000
Harlan Cleveland
Government
19-Jan-1918 30-May-2008 Futurist, diplomat
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Poet
18-Mar-1892 20-Jan-1955 Strange Holiness
Jared Cohen
Government
24-Nov-1981   Children of Jihad
Jim Cooper
Politician
19-Jun-1954   Congressman, Tennessee 5th
L. Gordon Crovitz
Publisher
c. 1959   Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07
Richard Danzig
Government
8-Sep-1944   US Secretary of the Navy, 1998-2001
Guy Davenport
Author
23-Nov-1927 4-Jan-2005 Thasos and Ohio
Pete Dawkins
Football
8-Mar-1938   Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Business
17-Dec-1956   Health care administrator
E. J. Dionne
Journalist
23-Apr-1952   The Washington Post
Ronald Dworkin
Philosopher
11-Dec-1931   Taking Rights Seriously
Eddie Eagan
Boxing
26-Apr-1897 14-Jun-1967 Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold
John Eccles
Scientist
27-Jan-1903 2-May-1997 Membrane potential of nerves
Rod Eddington
Business
2-Jan-1950   CEO of British Airways, 2000-05
James Fallows
Journalist
2-Aug-1949   Atlantic Monthly
Russ Feingold
Politician
2-Mar-1953   US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011
Glenn Fine
Attorney
c. 1956   Justice Department Inspector General
Jonathan Finer
Journalist
c. 1976   Washington Post reporter
William A. Fletcher
Judge
6-Jun-1945   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Howard Florey
Scientist
24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin
David B. Frohnmayer
Politician
9-Jul-1940   President, University of Oregon
J. William Fulbright
Politician
9-Apr-1905 9-Feb-1995 Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
Richard N. Gardner
Diplomat
9-Jul-1927   US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97
Thomas P. Gerrity
Business
13-Jul-1941   Former Dean, Wharton School
Ivan Getting
Inventor
18-Jan-1912 11-Oct-2003 Global Positioning System
Donald J. Gogel
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Kermit Gordon
Economist
1916 1976 Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62
Lincoln Gordon
Diplomat
10-Sep-1913 19-Dec-2009 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66
Bryan Gould
Politician
11-Feb-1939   Former MP, Dagenham
George Grant
Philosopher
13-Nov-1918 27-Sep-1988 Propagator of Red Toryism
Brian Greene
Author
9-Feb-1963   The Elegant Universe
Richard Haass
Government
28-Jul-1951   President, Council on Foreign Relations
Pat Haden
Football
23-Jan-1953   LA Rams Quarterback, Investor
Bill Halter
Politician
30-Nov-1960   Lt. Governor of Arkansas
John Marshall Harlan
Judge
20-May-1899 29-Dec-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
Robert Hawke
Head of State
9-Dec-1929   Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91
Jim Himes
Politician
5-Jul-1966   Congressman, Connecticut 4th
Michael Hoffman
Film Director
30-Nov-1956   One Fine Day
Edwin Hubble
Astronomer
20-Nov-1889 28-Sep-1953 Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law
Walter Isaacson
Author
20-May-1952   Former Managing Editor for Time
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Activist
c. 1972   President of the NAACP
Bobby Jindal
Politician
10-Jun-1971   Governor of Louisiana
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr.
Publisher
1946   Washington Post publisher, 2000-08
Robert Joy
Actor
17-Aug-1951   Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY
Philip M. Kaiser
Diplomat
12-Jul-1913 24-May-2007 US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81
Nicholas Katzenbach
Government
17-Jan-1922 8-May-2012 US Attorney General, 1965-66
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
William T. Kerr
Business
17-Apr-1941   CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006
Michael Kinsley
Pundit
9-Mar-1951   Founding editor of Slate
Jonathan Kozol
Educator
5-Sep-1936   Death at an Early Age
Marvin Krislov
Educator
c. 1960   President, Oberlin College
Nicholas D. Kristof
Journalist
27-Apr-1959   New York Times Op-Ed columnist
Kris Kristofferson
Actor
22-Jun-1936   Me and Bobby McGee
Arthur Larson
Politician
4-Jul-1910 27-Mar-1993 Moderate conservative thinker
Jonah Lehrer
Author
25-Jun-1981   Imagine: How Creativity Works
Elliott H. Levitas
Politician
26-Dec-1930   Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85
David Lewis
Politician
23-Jun-1909 23-May-1981 Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75
Goodwin Liu
Attorney
1970   Boalt Hall law professor
Alain Locke
Author
13-Sep-1886 9-Jun-1954 Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Dick Lugar
Politician
4-Apr-1932   US Senator from Indiana
Robert Luskin
Attorney
21-Jan-1950   Karl Rove's lawyer
Hugh MacLennan
Novelist
20-Mar-1907 7-Nov-1990 Barometer Rising
Rachel Maddow
TV Personality
1-Apr-1973   The Rachel Maddow Show
Ira Magaziner
Government
8-Nov-1947   Internet advisor under Bill Clinton
Terrence Malick
Film Director
30-Nov-1943   Badlands
Robert Malley
Government
1963   Ex-National Security Council
Sylvia M. Mathews
Administrator
1965   Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
F. O. Matthiessen
Critic
19-Feb-1902 1-Apr-1950 American Renaissance
Michael G. McCaffery
Business
c. 1953   Makena Capital Management
Robert D. McCallum, Jr.
Diplomat
1946   US Ambassador to Australia
John McDowell
Philosopher
7-Mar-1942   Mind and World
Michael McFaul
Diplomat
1963   US Ambassador to Russia
George C. McGhee
Diplomat
1912 4-Jul-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68
C. Thomas McMillen
Politician
26-May-1952   Congressman from Maryland, 1987-93
Christopher Morley
Novelist
5-May-1890 28-Mar-1957 The Haunted Bookshop
Willie Morris
Author
29-Nov-1934 2-Aug-1999 North Toward Home
George B. Munroe
Business
5-Jan-1922   CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87
David Naylor
Educator
26-Oct-1954   President, University of Toronto
Joseph S. Nye
Government
19-Jan-1937   Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94
Eboo Patel
Activist
?   Interfaith Youth Core
Patrick Pichette
Business
c. 1963   CFO of Google
Robin A. Plumbridge
Business
c. 1936   Gold Fields of South Africa
Roger B. Porter
Educator
19-Jun-1946   Professor, Kennedy School of Government
Wesley W. Posvar
Educator
14-Sep-1925 27-Jul-2001 Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91
Franklyn G. Prendergast
Doctor
7-Mar-1945   Mayo Clinic
Larry Pressler
Politician
29-Mar-1942   US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97
Reynolds Price
Author
1-Feb-1933 20-Jan-2011 A Long and Happy Life
Lois E. Quam
Business
c. 1961   Managing Director, Piper Jaffray
Bob Rae
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
Franklin Raines
Government
14-Jan-1949   CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004
John Crowe Ransom
Poet
30-Apr-1888 4-Jul-1974 God Without Thunder
Robert Reich
Government
24-Jun-1946   US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
John T. Reid
Business
c. 1940   CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000
Mel Reynolds
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
Historian
21-Dec-1923 14-May-2011 A History of Russia
Susan E. Rice
Diplomat
17-Nov-1964   US Ambassador to the UN
Walt Rostow
Government
7-Oct-1916 13-Feb-2003 National Security Advisor, 1966-69
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Dean Rusk
Government
9-Feb-1909 21-Dec-1994 US Secretary of State, 1961-69
Larry J. Sabato
Educator
7-Aug-1952   Widely-quoted political scientist
Paul Sarbanes
Politician
3-Feb-1933   US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007
Kurt L. Schmoke
Politician
1-Dec-1949   Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99
John Searle
Philosopher
Dec-1932   Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Walter B. Slocombe
Government
23-Sep-1941   Defense analyst
Howard K. Smith
Journalist
12-May-1914 15-Feb-2002 Face the Nation
David Souter
Judge
17-Sep-1939   US Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009
A. Michael Spence
Economist
7-Nov-1943   Asymmetric markets
Dennis Stanfill
Business
1-Apr-1927   CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81
Richard Stengel
Journalist
c. 1955   Managing Editor, Time magazine
George Stephanopoulos
TV Personality
10-Feb-1961   Bill Clinton's communications director
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Carl W. Strom
Diplomat
22-Dec-1899 27-Jan-1969 US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61
Strobe Talbott
Government
25-Apr-1946   Time journalist, Deputy Secy. of State
John Templeton
Philanthropist
29-Nov-1912 8-Jul-2008 Billionaire fund manager
Lester Thurow
Economist
7-May-1938   Sloan School of Management
John Turner
Head of State
7-Jun-1929   Prime Minister of Canada, 1984
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
David Vitter
Politician
3-May-1961   US Senator from Louisiana
Robert Penn Warren
Poet
24-Apr-1905 15-Sep-1989 First US Poet Laureate
Jacob Weisberg
Journalist
1964   Slate Group chairman
Bill Weld
Politician
31-Jul-1945   Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97
Byron White
Judge
8-Jun-1917 15-Apr-2002 US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93
John Edgar Wideman
Novelist
14-Jun-1941   Sent for You Yesterday
Heather Wilson
Politician
30-Dec-1960   Congresswoman from New Mexico, 1998-2009
Naomi Wolf
Author
12-Nov-1962   The Beauty Myth
James Woolsey
Government
21-Sep-1941   CIA Director, 1993-95


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