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18 unusual facts about Rhodes Scholarship


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

Bradley also won a Rhodes Scholarship and was a territorial first round selection in the 1965 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.

2008 Florida State Seminoles football team

Myron Rolle, Florida State's starting safety, was interviewed in Birmingham, Alabama at noon for the Rhodes Scholarship.

A Sense of Where You Are

In A Sense of Where You Are, John McPhee profiles Bill Bradley during Bradley's senior year at Princeton University. Bradley, who would later play in the National Basketball Association and serve in the United States Senate, was widely regarded as one of the best basketball players in the country, and his status as a Rhodes Scholar playing in the Ivy League only added to his allure.

Alexandra Sviridova

In 1993 she immigrated from the post Soviet Russia to America, with her son Lev Sviridov (who later won a Rhodes Scholarship while a student at the City College of New York).

Bowdoin College Men's Rugby

Bowdoin President Roger Howell assisted with the coaching duties during the first seasons, having been exposed to the sport when he studied at St John's College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Earl H. Pritchard

Returning to Pullman in 1930, he applied for a Rhodes Scholarship and became the second student from Washington State College to win the scholarship.

Edward Pitblado

After working briefly for his father's law firm, Pitblado went to Oxford University in 1922 on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Faith in Plastics

Bassist Andrew Lodder left the band in September 2006 after being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.

FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague history

Bradley, who was studying at Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, took advantage of his year in Europe, to give decisive help to Milano.

Gates Scholarship

The Gates Scholarships are similar in structure to Oxford University's Rhodes Scholarships, although the Gates Scholarships are much younger and are awarded through a more centralized though similarly competitive selection process.

Greg Meredith

A finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, Meredith attended Notre Dame, where he set the Notre Dame all-time goals record, with 104.

Kingfisher College

Despite a low number of alumni, three were Rhodes Scholars and three more qualified for the prestigious honor.

Meeghan Holaway

She has a B.A. from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, where she graduated with honors and became a Rhodes Scholarship finalist and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Paul Roos Gymnasium

The Rhodes Scholarship was instituted in 1903, and Paul Roos is one of four schools in South Africa entitled to award a Rhodes Scholarship annually to an ex-pupil to study at the University of Oxford.

Radio New Zealand National

From 08:00 to 12:00, Rhodes Scholar Chris Laidlaw presents and Christine Cessford produces an entertainment programme of interviews, regular features, documentaries and music, Sunday Mornings.

Samuel Shem

Bergman was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford in 1966, and was tutored by Denis Noble FRS, cardiac physiologist and later head of the Oxford Cardiac Electrophysiology Group.

Todd Fuller

He was an Academic All-American, and declined to accept a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in order to play professional basketball.

United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School

Nine prep school graduates have held the Cadet Wing's top leadership position as cadet wing commander, and prep school graduates have earned prestigious awards, including the Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship, Order of the Daedalians Scholarship, and the Guggenheim Fellowship.


Arthur D. Bond

Arthur D. Bond (1902-1983) was a Rhodes Scholar, captain of the University of Missouri Tigers football team and Director of the A.P. Green Refractories Company.

Bergen Evans

Bergen Baldwin Evans (September 19, 1904 – February 4, 1978) was an American lexicographer, a Rhodes Scholar, a Harvard College graduate, a Northwestern University professor of English, and a television host.

Kimberly Benard

She currently advises students applying to distinguished fellowships including the Marshall Scholarship, Gates Scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship and Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

Neil L. Rudenstine

He studied the humanities at Princeton University (A.B. 1956) and participated in Army R.O.T.C. After serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery officer he attended New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, where he received another B.A. and an M.A. In 1964, he received a Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard for thesis titled Sir Philip Sidney: The Styles of Love.

Peter Blaikie

In 1958 Blaikie was chosen as one of two Quebec Rhodes Scholars, a distinction shared with his father who had earlier gained a Rhodes scholarship from Natal where the family was then living.