Notable Rhodes Scholars

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Notable Rhodes Scholars - This page provides a list of Notable Rhodes Scholarship recipients - in sort by Year by Surname.

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Key to the columns in the main table:

Column label	Description of Column contents
Name	The name of the scholarship recipient, including link to their Wikipedia page. (As this is a list of Notable recipients, all are eligible for a Wikipedia page.)
Sort by name	The main table is "sortable" by clicking on the icons in the main table column headers. This "sort by name" column enables the main table to be sorted by the recipients' Surnames.
University	The University where the eligible studies were performed. Note that under the terms of Rhodes' will, there are only 14 regions which nominate candidates - see Rhodes Scholarship#Allocations.
Oxford College	The Oxford College where the studies supported by the scholarship were performed.
Year	The year in which the scholarship was awarded.
Notability	A brief summary of the recipient's notability - detailed information appears on the recipient's Wikipedia page.

Name	Sort by name	University	Oxford College	Year	Notability
John Behan	Behan	Melbourne	Hertford	1904	Lawyer, Academic (University and Trinity Colleges).
Norman Jolly	Jolly	Adelaide	Balliol	1904	Forester. First South Australian Rhodes Scholar. Played First-class cricket for Worcestershire.
John J. Tigert	Tigert	Vanderbilt	Pembroke	1904	U.S. Commissioner of Education (1921-1928), President of University of Florida (1928-1947).
Roy Robinson	Robinson	Adelaide	Magdalen	1905	The first Baron Robinson. Regarded as the chief architect of state forestry in Great Britain.
Clarence H. Haring	Haring	Harvard	New College	1907	American historian.
Alain LeRoy Locke	Locke	Harvard	Hertford	1907	Philosopher, writer, educator and Harlem Renaissance patron.
Neal Macrossan	Macrossan	Queensland[1]	Magdalen	1907	Chief Justice of Queensland 1946-1955.
Frank E. Holman	Holman	Utah	Exeter	1908	President, American Bar Association (1948).
Henry Fry	Fry	Adelaide	Balliol	1909	Physician and anthropologist.
Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff	Bernstorff	Germany[1]	Trinity	1909	German diplomat, executed for conspiracy against Hitler, 1945.
Marius Barbeau	Barbeau	Laval	Oriel	1910	Canadian ethnographer and folklorist
Elmer Davis	Davis	Franklin College	Queen's[2]	1910	American newsman, Director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II
Ralph Hartley	Hartley	Utah	St John's	1910	Inventor, Mathematician, IRE Medal of Honor 1946
Jan Hofmeyr	Hofmeyr	Cape Town	Balliol	1910	Academic, Public Administrator, South African liberal politician
Earnest A. Hooten	Hooten	Wisconsin[1]	University	1910	American physical anthropologist.
Edwin Hubble	Hubble	Chicago	Queen's	1910	American astronomer
John Crowe Ransom	Ransom	Vanderbilt	Christ Church	1910	Poet
Frank Aydelotte	Aydelotte	Indiana	Brasenose	1911	President of Swarthmore College (1921-1940)
Cecil Madigan	Madigan	Adelaide	Magdalen	1911	Explorer, geologist
Edmund Herring	Herring	Melbourne	New College	1912	Soldier, barrister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Lieutenant governor of Victoria
Frido von Senger	Senger	[1]	St John's	1912	German General in WWII
Brand Blanshard	Blanshard	Michigan	Merton	1913	Philosopher
Henry Brose	Brose	Adelaide	Christ Church	1913	Physicist, academic, pathologist, biochemist
Charles R. Clason	Clason	Bates College	Christ Church	1914	U.S. Congressman (Massachusetts), 1937-1949
Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Kent	[1]	Christ Church	1914	Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author, and federal and state government minister.
Norman Manley	Manley	[1]	Jesus	1914	Chief Minister of Jamaica, 1955-1959, Premier of Jamaica, 1959-1962
Wilder Penfield	Penfield	Princeton	Merton	1914	Canadian neurosurgeon
Frederick Woolnough Paterson	Paterson	Queensland	Merton	1918	The only Australian Communist politician ever to win an election
John Monk Saunders	Saunders	Washington[1]	Magdalen	1918	Screenwriter of Wings and The Dawn Patrol
Herbert Eugene Clefton	Clefton	Minnesota[1]	Magdalen	1919	Teacher in Minneapolis, then a Professor at University of Minnesota
Roland Michener	Michener	Alberta	Hertford	1919	Governor General of Canada (1967-1974), lawyer, politician
John Marshall Harlan II	Harlan	Princeton	Balliol	1920	Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-1971
Howard Florey	Florey	Adelaide	Magdalen	1921	Australian pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945 (for penicillin)
Keith Hancock	Hancock	Melbourne	Balliol	1921	Historian, academic, biographer
William Edward Stevenson	Stevenson	Princeton	Balliol	1922	American Olympic gold medalist in 1924 (Paris), President of Oberlin College (1946-1961), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1961-1965)
Leonard Huxley	Huxley	Tasmania	New College	1923	Australian physicist
Hervey M. Cleckley	Cleckley	Georgia	University	1924	Psychiatrist, pioneer in the field of psychopathy, co-author of The Three Faces of Eve
John Eccles	Eccles	Melbourne	Magdalen	1925	Australian scientist (neurophysiologist), Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1963, for his work on the synapse
J. William Fulbright	Fulbright	Arkansas	Pembroke	1925	U.S. Senator for Arkansas (1945-1974), originator of the Fulbright Fellowship program
Robert J. van de Graaff	Graaff	Alabama	Queen's	1925	Physicist, Inventor, Academic (M.I.T. & Princeton), Inventor of the eponymous Van de Graaff generator
George Paton	Paton	Melbourne	Magdalen	1926	Vice Chancellor University of Melbourne 1951-1968
Holbrook Mann MacNeille	MacNeille	Swarthmore	Balliol	1928	Mathematician, Academic, Scientific Director Office of Scientific Research and Development
Robert Penn Warren	Warren	Vanderbilt	New College	1928	American poet and critic
Cleanth Brooks	Brooks	Vanderbilt & Tulane	Exeter	1929	American literary critic
George Stanley	Stanley	Alberta	Keble	1929	Canadian historian, designer of Canadian flag, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
Charles Herbert Little	Little	Toronto	Brasenose	1930	Director of Canadian Naval Intelligence during World War II
"Fritz" Schumacher	Schumacher	Bonn and Berlin[1]	New College	1930	Economist, statistician, author, social theorist, public speaker
Carl Albert	Albert	Oklahoma	St Peter's	1931	Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives (1971-1977), U.S. Congressman (Oklahoma), 1947-1977
Bram Fischer	Fischer	Bloemfontein	New College	1931	Anti-apartheid activist and lawyer
Ted Jolliffe	Jolliffe	Toronto	Christ Church	1931	Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1943-1945, 1948-1951)
Jack Lovelock	Lovelock	Otago	Exeter	1931	1500 metre Olympic Gold medallist in 1936 Berlin Olympics
Dean Rusk	Rusk	Davidson	St John's	1931	U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-1969
Adam von Trott zu Solz	Trott	Germany[1]	Balliol	1931	German diplomat and anti-Nazi patriot, executed in 1944
David Lewis	Lewis	McGill	Lincoln	1932	Member of parliament and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (1971-1975)
W. L. Morton	Morton	Manitoba	St John's	1932	Canadian historian
Ivan A. Getting	Getting	M.I.T.	Merton	1933	American weapons scientist and co-inventor of GPS technology
Daniel Boorstin	Boorstin	Harvard	Balliol	1934	U.S. Librarian of Congress, 1975-1987
Max Gluckman	Gluckman	Transvaal[1]	Exeter	1934	South African-British-Israeli social anthropologist
Wilbur Jackett	Jackett	Saskatchewan	Queen's	1934	Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (1971-1979)
George C. McGhee	McGhee	SMU	Queen's	1934	U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1952-1953) and to Germany (1963-1968)
John Templeton	Templeton	Yale	Balliol	1934	Businessman and founder of Templeton College, Oxford
Arnold Smith	Smith	Ontario[1]	Christ Church	1935	First Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Walter H. Stockmayer	Stockmayer	M.I.T.	Jesus	1935	American polymer chemist
Mervyn Austin	Austin	Melbourne	Christ Church	1936	Australian Headmaster (Newington) and Professor of Classics and Ancient History (UWA)
Gordon A. Craig	Craig	Princeton	Balliol	1936	American historian and OSS veteran
Dan Davin	Davin	Otago	Balliol	1936	New Zealand novelist and head of Oxford University Press
Philip Mayer Kaiser	Kaiser	Wisconsin	Balliol	1936	U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania (1961-1964), Hungary (1977-1980), and Austria (1980-1981), U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs (1949-1953), Special Assistant to Governor Averell Harriman (1955-1959)
John B. Oakes	Oakes	Princeton	Queen's	1936	New York "Times" editor of the editorial page, 1961-1976
Richard Luyt	Luyt	Cape Town	Trinity	1937	Soldier, statesman and principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town
Howard K. Smith	Smith	Tulane	Merton	1937	Broadcast journalist
W. Denham Sutcliffe	Sutcliffe	[1]	Hertford	1937	English scholar at Bates College, Kenyon, and Harvard.
Courtney Craig Smith	Smith	Iowa[1]	Merton	1938	Educationalist, President of Swarthmore College
Byron White	White	Colorado	Hertford	1938	Football player, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-1993
Dominic Mintoff	Mintoff	Malta[3]	Hertford	1939	Prime Minister of Malta, 1955-1957 & 1971-1984
Jack Davis	Davis	British Columbia	St. John's	1939	Canadian Minister of the Environment, 1968-1974 & B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources 1986-1991
Zelman Cowen	Cowen	Melbourne	New College	1941	Australian jurist and academic, Governor General of Australia (1977–1982)
Paul J. Bohannan	Bohannan	Arizona[1]	Queen's	1947	American social anthropologist
Alastair Gillespie	Gillespie	McGill	Queen's	1947	Canadian politician, cabinet minister
James McNaughton Hester	Hester	Princeton	Pembroke	1947	First Rector of the United Nations University, President of New York University
Nicholas Katzenbach	Katzenbach	Princeton	Balliol	1947	U.S. Attorney General (1965-1966), U.S. Under-Secretary of State (1966-1969)
Bernard W. Rogers	Rogers	U.S. Military Academy	University	1947	American general, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
Stansfield Turner	Turner	U.S. Naval Academy	Exeter	1947	American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence (1977-1981)
Guy Davenport	Davenport	Duke	Merton	1948	American writer and man of letters
Renfrey Potts	Potts	Adelaide	Queen's	1948	Applied mathematician, defined the Potts model
Eric Prabhakar	Prabhakar	India[1]	Christ Church	1948	Indian Olympic athlete
Robert Burchfield	Burchfield	Victoria (NZ)	Magdalen	1949	New Zealand lexicographer, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
Peter Durack	Durack	Western Australia	Lincoln	1949	Australian politician, Commonwealth Attorney General, author
John Turner	Turner	British Columbia	Magdalen	1949	Liberal Party of Canada leader and Prime Minister of Canada, 1984
James H. Billington	Billington	Princeton	Balliol	1950	Academic, Historian, Librarian of U.S. Congress, 1987-
John Brademas	Brademas	Harvard	Brasenose	1950	U.S. Congressman (Indiana) 1959-1981, President of New York University 1981-1992
Tanjore R. Anantharaman	Anantharaman	India[1]	Trinity	1951	Indian metallurgist
Thomas A. Bartlett	Bartlett	Oregon[1]	University	1951	President of the American University in Cairo, 1963-1969, Interim President of AUC, 2002-2003; Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, 1981-1989; Chancellor of the State University of New York, 1994-1996
Richard N. Gardner	Gardner	Harvard and Yale	Balliol	1951	U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1977-1981) and to Spain (1993-1997), Academic
Stuart Hall	Hall	Jamaica[1]	Merton	1951	British cultural theorist
A. Walton Litz	Litz	Princeton	Merton	1951	Professor of English Literature at Princeton (1956-1993), literary historian and critic, author, editor
James Gobbo	Gobbo	Melbourne	Magdalen	1952	Victorian Supreme Court Judge and Governor of Victoria
John Searle	Searle	Wisconsin[1]	Christ Church	1952	American philosopher
Guido Calabresi	Calabresi	Yale	Magdalen	1953	American legal academic, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Professor and Dean at Yale Law School
Ronald Dworkin	Dworkin	Harvard	Magdalen	1953	American legal philosopher, Academic
Edward de Bono	Bono	Malta[3]	Christ Church	1953	Maltese writer; psychologist; author
Julian Ogilvie Thompson	Thompson	Diocesan College	Worcester	1953	South African Businessman, former chairman of De Beers and Anglo American
Bob Hawke	Hawke	Western Australia	University	1953	World record for the fastest consumption a yard glass of beer, President ACTU 1969-1979, Prime Minister of Australia 1983-1991
Lourens (Laurie) Ackermann	Ackermann	Cape Province[1]	Worcester	1954	Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Lord Hoffmann	Hoffmann	Cape Town	Queen's	1954	UK Lord Justice of Appeal
Norman Cantor	Cantor	Manitoba and Princeton	Oriel	1954	Canadian historian of the Middle Ages
Richard Lugar	Lugar	Denison	Pembroke	1954	U.S. Senator for Indiana, 1977-
Paul Sarbanes	Sarbanes	Princeton	Balliol	1954	U.S. Senator for Maryland, 1977-2007
Robert Paxton	Paxton	Washington & Lee	Merton	1954	Historian, academic
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury	Chaudhury	India[1]	Magdalen	1955	Medical scientist
John H. Morrison	Morrison	New Mexico	University	1955	Senior partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and President of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars
Reynolds Price	Price	Duke	Merton	1955	Poet and novelist
Johan Steyn	Steyn	Cape Province[1]	University	1955	UK Lord Justice of Appeal
Ian Wilson	Wilson	Adelaide	Magdalen	1955	Solicitor, company director, former Australian politician, Minister for Home Affairs and Environment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Neal Blewett	Blewett	Tasmania	Jesus	1956	Australian academic, professor of politics, politician, cabinet minister, UK High Commissioner, etc.
Virendra Dayal	Dayal	India[1]	University	1956	Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Elliott H. Levitas	Levitas	Emory	University	1956	U.S. Congressman (Georgia), 1975-1985
Neil Leon Rudenstine	Rudenstine	Princeton	New College	1956	Educator, President of Harvard University, 1991-2001
Arthur Kroeger	Kroeger	Alberta	Pembroke	1956	Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Chancellor of Carleton University, 1993-2002
Ranjit Bhatia	Bhatia	India[1]	Jesus	1957	Indian Olympic athlete
Erich S. Gruen	Gruen	Columbia	Merton	1957	Austrian-American classical scholar
Rex Nettleford	Nettleford	Jamaica[1]	Oriel	1957	Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, author, dance director
Robert I. Rotberg	Rotberg	Princeton	University	1957	American political scientist
Aaron Sloman	Sloman	Cape Town	Balliol	1957	Philosopher, AI researcher, Cognitive Scientist.
Michael Fried	Fried	Princeton	Merton	1958	American art historian and critic
Kris Kristofferson	Kristofferson	Pomona	Merton	1958	American actor and musician
Joseph Nye, Jr.	Nye	Princeton	Exeter	1958	American political scientist, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (1993-1994), Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1994-1995), Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
Jonathan Kozol	Kozol	Harvard	Magdalen	1958	American writer and social activist
Manmohan Malhoutra	Malhoutra	Delhi	Balliol	1958	Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Desmond Morton	Morton	Royal Military College of Canada	Keble	1959	Historian and author
Peter M. Dawkins	Dawkins	U.S. Military Academy	Brasenose	1959	1958 Heisman Trophy Winner, Brigadier General, US Army (Ret. 1983), Chairman and CEO of Diversified Distribution Services, Travelers Group
Benjamin Bernard Dunlap	Dunlap	[1]	Wadham	1959	President of Wofford College, Professor of humanities
William Dennis Shaul	Shaul	Notre Dame	Exeter	1960	Legal Counsel for House Banking Committee
Richard F. Celeste	Celeste	Yale	Exeter	1960	Governor of Ohio (1983-1991), Director of the Peace Corps, U.S. Ambassador to India, President of Colorado College
Girish Karnad	Karnad	Karnatak	Lincoln and Magdalen	1960	Indian Kannada-language playwright, film actor and director, screenwriter
Lester C. Thurow	Thurow	Williams	Balliol	1960	American economist and author, professor of economics at MIT
Paul B. Van Buren	Van Buren	South Dakota	University	1960	A principal attorney for Pacific Telesis Group during the breakup of the Bell System, former chairman of The University of South Dakota Foundation
David Souter	Souter	Harvard	Magdalen	1961	Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-
Rex Adams	Adams	Duke	Merton	1962	Chairman of the Board of PBS, Dean of the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
David B. Frohnmayer	Frohnmayer	Harvard	Wadham	1962	President of the University of Oregon, 1994-; Attorney General of Oregon, 1980-1991
Bryan Gould	Gould	New Zealand[1]	Balliol	1962	British politician, Labour MP for Dagenham
Paul Bamberg	Bamberg	Harvard	Balliol	1963	Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Physics at Harvard University, Co-founded Dragon Systems and headed the research department that created Dragon NaturallySpeaking
David Boren	Boren	Yale	Balliol	1963	Governor of Oklahoma, 1975-1979); U.S. Senator for Oklahoma, 1979-1994; President of the University of Oklahoma
Walter B. Slocombe	Slocombe	Princeton	Balliol	1963	U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 1994-2001, Senior Advisor for National Defense for the CPA, Baghdad, 2003
John Edgar Wideman	Wideman	Pennsylvania	New College	1963	American writer, two-time recipient of PEN/Faulkner award
David R. Woods	Woods	Rhodes University	University	1963	Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University
R. James Woolsey	Woolsey	Stanford	St John's	1963	Director of Central Intelligence, 1993-1995
Montek Singh Ahluwalia	Ahluwalia	St. Stephen's	Magdalen	1964	Indian economist, first independent evaluator of IMF, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India
Robin Boadway	Boadway	Royal Military College of Canada	Exeter	1964	Canadian economist and author
Dyson Heydon	Heydon	Sydney	University	1964	High Court Judge of Australia
Larry Pressler	Pressler	South Dakota	St Edmund	1964	American politician, U.S. Senator for South Dakota, 1979-1997
Wasim Sajjad	Sajjad	Pakistan[1]	Wadham	1964	Pakistani politician and lawyer, Interim President of Pakistan, Chairman of the Senate
J. Gustave Speth	Speth	Yale	Balliol	1964	Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, 1993-1999, Dean of School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale
William Walter Bradley	Bradley	Princeton	Worcester	1965	American politician, NBA star, U.S. Senator for New Jersey, 1979-1997, and Democratic presidential candidate, 2000
Aftab Seth	Seth	India[1]	Christ Church	1965	Indian Ambassador to Japan
Daryl Williams	Williams	Western Australia	Wadham	1965	Australian politician, Liberal Member of the House of Representatives, 1993-2004, Attorney-General of Australia 1996-2003
Gilles Berthiaume	Berthiaume	[1]	Keble	1966	Program Manager, Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Wesley K. Clark	Clark	U.S. Military Academy	Magdalen	1966	United States Army general, Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1997-2000; Democratic presidential candidate, 2004
A. Michael Spence	Spence	Princeton	Magdalen	1966	Canadian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics for 2001
Thomas Frerking	Frerking	Harvard	Trinity	1966	Abbot, Abbey of St. Mary and St. Louis
David E. Kendall	Kendall	Wabash	Worcester	1966	American lawyer, President Clinton's personal lawyer
Terrence Malick	Malick	Harvard	Magdalen	1966	American film director of The Thin Red Line, Badlands, and The New World
Thomas H. Allen	Allen	Bowdoin	Wadham	1967	American politician, U.S. Congressman (Maine), 1997-
John Doyle	Doyle	Adelaide	Magdalen	1967	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 1995-
David C. Hardesty, Jr.	Hardesty	West Virginia[1]	Queen's	1967	President of West Virginia University
J. Michael Kirchberg, Jr.	Kirchberg	California[1]	Brasenose	1967	USNA, American educator
Deepak Nayyar	Nayyar	India[1]	Balliol	1967	Vice Chancellor of Delhi University
Stephen A. Oxman	Oxman	New Jersey[1]	New College	1967	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, 1993-1994
Peter Cameron	Cameron	Queensland	Balliol	1968	Mathematician, academic
Peter Conrad	Conrad	Tasmania[1]	New College	1968	Academic (English literature)
Robert McCallum, Jr.	McCallum	Yale	Christ Church	1968	American lawyer, U.S. Associate Attorney General, 2003-
Rex Murphy	Murphy	Memorial University	St Edmund	1968	Canadian commentator
Robert Reich	Reich	Dartmouth	University	1968	American commentator and author, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1993-1997
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr.	Jones	Harvard	Exeter	1968	Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
William Jefferson Clinton	Clinton	Georgetown	University	1968	American politician, 42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001, Governor of Arkansas, 1979-1981 & 1983-1993
William A. Fletcher	Fletcher	Harvard	Merton	1968	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Strobe Talbott	Talbott	Yale	Magdalen	1968	American diplomat and journalist, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1994-2001), President of the Brookings Institution
Chris Laidlaw	Laidlaw	Otago	Merton	1969	New Zealand All Black, diplomat, MP, author, Human Rights Commissioner and Race Relations Conciliator
Ira Magaziner	Magaziner	Brown	Balliol	1969	White House Senior Aide, 1993-1999, originator of ICANN
Bob Rae	Rae	Toronto	Balliol	1969	Canadian politician, former Premier of Ontario
Danny Williams	Williams	Memorial University	Keble	1969	Lawyer and businessman, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dennis C. Blair	Blair	U.S. Naval Academy	University	1970	Retired 4-star Admiral, President of the Institute for Defense Analyses and former Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command
James Fallows	Fallows	Harvard	Queen's	1970	American writer (The Atlantic Monthly)
Kenneth Hayne	Hayne	Melbourne	Exeter	1970	Australian barrister, solicitor and judge: Supreme Court of Victoria (1992-95); Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1995-97); Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia (1997-)
Geoffrey Robertson	Robertson	Sydney	University	1970	Barrister and international human rights activist
Richard H. Trainor	Trainor	Brown and Princeton	Merton	1970	Principal of King's College London
Franklin D. Raines	Raines	Harvard	Magdalen	1971	Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004; Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1996-1998
Kurt L. Schmoke	Schmoke	Yale	Balliol	1971	Mayor of Baltimore, 1987-1999; Dean of Howard University School of Law
James R. Atlas	Atlas	Illinois[1]	New College	1971	American writer (The New Yorker)
Geoffrey "Geoff" Gallop	Gallop	Western Australia	St John's	1972	Academic, Premier of Western Australia, 2001-2006
Michael Kinsley	Kinsley	Harvard	Magdalen	1972	American journalist (Los Angeles Times), founder of Slate magazine, editor of The New Republic
Tom Birmingham	Birmingham	Harvard	Exeter	1972	President of the Massachusetts Senate, Candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts, 2002
Kim Beazley	Beazley	Western Australia	Balliol	1973	Australian politician, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Opposition
Richard N. Haass	Haass	Oberlin	Wadham & St. Anthony's	1973	President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, 2001-2003
E. J. Dionne	Dionne	Harvard	Balliol	1973	American journalist and Washington Post columnist
Paul Blustein	Blustein	Wisconsin[1]	Merton	1973	American author and journalist (The Washington Post)
Alex Sceberras Trigona	Trigona	Malta[3]	Oriel	1973	Foreign Minister of Malta 1981-1987
Rod Eddington	Eddington	Western Australia	Lincoln	1974	Former CEO of British Airways, Director of News Corporation
Charles Thomas McMillen	McMillen	Maryland	University	1974	U.S. Olympian, NBA basketball player, U.S. Congressman (Maryland), 1987-1993
Walter Isaacson	Isaacson	Harvard	Pembroke	1974	Author, President of the Aspen Institute, Managing Editor of Time magazine (1995-2001), Chairman and CEO of CNN
Elliot F. Gerson	Gerson	Connecticut[1]	Magdalen	1974	American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, Vice President of the Aspen Institute, Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut
Edwin Cameron	Cameron	Stellenbosch University	Keble	1975	Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, African National Congress lawyer and AIDS activist
Mike Fitzpatrick	Fitzpatrick	Western Australia	St. John's	1975	Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer
Larry Sabato	Sabato	Virginia and Princeton	Queen's	1975	American political scientist
Russ Feingold	Feingold	Wisconsin	Magdalen	1975	U.S. Senator for Wisconsin, 1993-
Michael L'Estrange	L'Estrange	Sydney		1975	Australian diplomat and senior public servant
Michael Sandel	Sandel	Brandeis	Balliol	1975	American political philosopher and professor at Harvard University
Mel Reynolds	Reynolds	Illinois	Lincoln	1975	U.S. Congressman (Illinois), 1993-1995
Randall Kennedy	Kennedy	Princeton	Balliol	1977	Harvard Law School Professor
Jack Phillips	Phillips	McGill[1]	Balliol	1978	American Political Advisor and Inventor
Malcolm Turnbull	Turnbull	Sydney	Brasenose	1978	Australian lawyer, banker and politician. Former Minister for Environment and Water Resources
C. David Naylor	Naylor	Toronto	Hertford	1979	Canadian medical researcher, President of the University of Toronto
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle	DeParle	Tennessee	Balliol	1979	Administrator of the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, 1997-2000
Stephen Gumley	Gumley	Tasmania	St. Catherine's	1979	Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation (Australia)
Robert Maloney	Maloney	Harvard	Magdalen	1979	Ophthalmologist, LASIK specialist, Extreme Makeover ophthalmologist
Clark Ervin	Ervin	Harvard	St Catherine's	1980	Former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Elsdon Storey	Storey	Melbourne	Magdalen & Wolfson	1980	Australian neurologist
Tony Abbott	Abbott	Sydney	Queen's	1981	Australian politician, Former Minister of health and aging
Nicholas D. Kristof	Kristof	Harvard	Magdalen	1981	New York Times reporter and columnist, 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Heather Wilson	Wilson	USAF Academy	Jesus	1982	U.S. Congresswoman (New Mexico), 1998-
Christopher Eisgruber	Eisgruber	Oregon[1]	University	1983	Provost of Princeton University
Bill Halter	Halter	Stanford	St John's	1983	Arkansas Lt. Governor.
Elizabeth Kiss	Kiss	Davidson	Balliol	1983	President of Agnes Scott College.
David Vitter	Vitter	Harvard	Magdalen	1983	U.S. Senator (Louisiana), 2005-
Richard Flanagan	Flanagan	Tasmania	Worcester	1984	Australian author, winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize
Brian Greene	Greene	Harvard	Magdalen	1984	American physicist and string theorist
Christopher Hedrick	Hedrick	Stanford	Magdalen	1984	President and CEO of Intrepid Learning Solutions
Robert Malley	Malley	Connecticut[1]	Magdalen	1984	Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, 1997-2001
Charles C. Soludo	Soludo	Nigeria	[4]	1984	Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, 2003
George Stephanopoulos	Stephanopoulos	Columbia	Balliol	1984	Moderator of ABC's This Week and communications director for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign
Roosevelt Thompson	Thompson	Yale	St John's	1984[5]	Community activist, Little Rock, Arkansas
Peter Rathjen	Rathjen	Adelaide	New College	1985	Australian stem cell scientist, Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research), University of Melbourne 2006-
Ronald Tenpas	Tenpas	Michigan State[1]	Balliol	1985	Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-
Naomi Wolf	Wolf	Yale	New College	1985	American author and feminist social critic
Susan E. Rice	Rice	Stanford	New College	1986	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1997-2001
Graham Steele	Steele	Manitoba	St Edmund	1986	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, 2001 - Present
Joseph M. Torsella	Torsella	Pennsylvania	New College	1986	President and CEO of the National Constitution Center 2006-
David Chalmers	Chalmers	Adelaide	Lincoln	1987	Australian philosopher of mind
Jim Collins	Collins	Holy Cross	Balliol	1987	MacArthur "genius" bioengineer and inventor
Atul Gawande	Gawande	Stanford	Balliol	1987	Surgeon and New Yorker medical writer
Sagarika Ghose-Sardesai	Ghose	St. Stephen's College, Delhi	Magdalen and St. Antony's	1987	Indian journalist
David Kirk	Kirk	Otago	Worcester	1987	Captain of the New Zealand All Blacks who won the inaugural Rugby (Union) World Cup in 1987; CEO of Fairfax Media, 2005–present
Jacob Weisberg	Weisberg	Yale	New College	1987	Journalist and editor of Slate magazine
Bryan Horrigan	Horrigan	Queensland	University	1986	Australian researcher, consultant, commentator and professional speaker on specialised legal, business, and governmental topics
Brad Carson	Carson	Baylor	Trinity	1989	U.S. Congressman (Oklahoma), 2001-2005
Arthur Mutambara	Mutambara	Zimbabwe	Merton	1991	Zimbabwean politician who became President of one faction of the Movement for Democratic Change in 2006
Cory Booker	Booker	Stanford	Queen's	1992	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Noah Feldman	Feldman	Harvard	Christ Church	1992	American author, Harvard University law professor, constitutional adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, 2003-2005
Nikolas Gvosdev	Gvosdev	Florida[1]	St Antony's	1992	Editor of The National Interest
Simon Hollingsworth	Hollingsworth	[1]	Exeter	1992	Australian Olympic (1992, 1996) and Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994) athlete (400m hurdles)
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal	Jindal	Brown	New College	1992	Governor of (Louisiana) 2008-, U.S. Congressman (Louisiana), 2005-2007, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2001-2004, President of the University of Louisiana System, 1999-2001
Sanjeev Sanyal	Sanyal	Delhi	St John's	1992	Asian economist, banker and conservationist
Peter Beinart	Beinart	Yale	University	1993	Editor of The New Republic
Eric Garcetti	Garcetti	Columbia	Queen's	1993	President of the Los Angeles City Council
Randal Pinkett	Pinkett	Rutgers	Keble	1994	President and CEO of BCT Partners, and winner of The Apprentice 4
Rachel Maddow	Maddow	Stanford	Lincoln	1995	Host of The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio
Divine Mafa	Mafa	Harare	Merton	1996	Zimbabwean activist
Alexander Straub	Straub	Darmstadt and Cornell	St John's	1996	London-based German Entrepreneur and Financier
Annette Salmeen	Salmeen	California[1]	St John's	1997	1996 American Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Rachel Simmons	Simmons	Vassar	Lincoln	1998	American author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls (Harcourt, 2002)
Ben Cannon	Cannon	Washington U	Corpus Christi	1999	Oregon State Representative
Marc Kielburger	Kielburger	Harvard	University	1999	Canadian humanitarian and activist, Free The Children
Fasi Zaka	Zaka	Peshawar	Somerville	2001	Pakistani Political Columnist, Satirical TV Show Host, Radio Talkshow Host and Award Winning Advertiser
Jonathan Bonnitcha	Bonnitcha	Sydney	Magdalen	2006	Australian windsurfer and sailor

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