Notable Rhodes Scholars
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This page provides a list of Notable Rhodes Scholarship recipients - in sort by Year by Surname. See also: Category:Rhodes scholars


Key to the columns in the main table:

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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 Niemeyer Findlay Findlay Pretoria Balliol 1924 Philosopher, Gifford lecturer. Meinong, Hegel, Husserl and Wittgenstein scholar
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, President of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University, 2006 - present.
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. Leader of the Liberal party.
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
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[4] 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