Scholar of the Week

Each week a Rhodes Scholar will be featured on the homepage. This feature reflects the diversity of backgrounds, contributions and impact of Rhodes Scholars from many countries since 1903.

For the full lists of Rhodes Scholars since 1903, click here

To see diverse Rhodes alumni discuss the Scholarship and their experiences, click here.

To read about recent appointments of Rhodes Scholars, click here, and for recent books by Rhodes Scholars, click here.

Brand Blanshard (1892 – 1987)

Brand Blanshard (1892 – 1987)

Michigan & Merton 1913

 An American philosopher, known primarily for his defense of reason.

Dr Kimberly Strong

Dr Kimberly Strong

Newfoundland & St John's 1986

Physicist studying the Earth’s atmosphere, and will become the University of Toronto’s inaugural Head of its new School of the Environment.

Professor Jaynie Anderson

Professor Jaynie Anderson

(Rhodes Visiting Fellow & St Hugh's 1970)

Herald Chair of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne.  The painting is The Finding of Moses by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Dr John Stubbs (1932-1994)

Dr John Stubbs (1932-1994)

Bermuda & Trinity 1957

Surgeon, United Bermuda Party parliamentarian and Cabinet Minister.

Dr Sean Gourley

Dr Sean Gourley

New Zealand & Balliol 2002

Founder and CTO of Quid, Inc - a technology company building software to augment human intelligence.

Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth

Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth

Western Australia & St Edmund Hall 1984

Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.

Professor Michael Spence

Professor Michael Spence

Ontario & Magdalen 1966

Professor of Economics in the Stern School of Business at New York University and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford.  Received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, in 2001, and the John Bates Clark Medal in 1982. 

Trang Ho

Trang Ho

Nebraska & St Antony's 2006

Reports Specialist at UNICEF. Photograph at a World Youth Conference in Mexico.

Professor Chak Wong

Professor Chak Wong

Hong Kong & Keble 1996

Professor of Finance Practice at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, programme director of MSc Finance, associate director of MBA and director of Asia Pacific Institute of Business.