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.

Dr Kumi Naidoo

South Africa-at-Large & Magdalen 1987

Executive Director of Greenpeace International.
Dr Amrita Cheema

India & Exeter 1980

Journalist and international television news anchor with Deutsche Welle.
Lucy Banda-Sichone (1954-1998)

Zambia & Somerville 1978

Lawyer and Executive Director of Zambia Civic Education Association, protecting children’s rights.
Dr Atul Gawande

Ohio & Balliol 1987

Surgeon, author of The Checklist Manifesto (2009), working to reduce surgical deaths globally.
Dr Bronte Adams

Western Australia & Balliol 1986

Principal and founder of dandolopartners, Melbourne, advising governments and companies doing business with governments.
Dr Heather Wilson

New Hampshire & Jesus 1982

U.S. Air Force officer, Congresswoman from New Mexico (1998-2009), currently candidate for Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from New Mexico.
Dr Penelope Brook

New Zealand & Nuffield 1984

The World Bank's Director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay - focused on ensuring development reaches the poorest.
Ike Chioke

Nigeria & Wadham 1989

Managing Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, Lagos, Nigeria.

2011

Dr John Evans

Ontario & University College 1953

Pioneer of problem-based medical education; President, University of Toronto; Director of Population, Health & Nutrition Department, World Bank; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation.
Annabel Mwangi

Kenya & St Cross 1999

Humanitarian aid worker and emergencies specialist in Somalia for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Admiral Stansfield Turner

Illinois & Exeter 1947

Various US Navy and NATO commands; President of US Naval War College (1972-74); Director of Central Intelligence (1977-81).
Professor Rex Nettleford (1933-2010)

Jamaica & Oriel 1957

Pioneer of Caribbean cultural studies, and Vice-Chancellor of University of West Indies. Memorial lecture - 5 December - details here.
Maxine Williams

Commonwealth Caribbean & St Catherine's 1992

Global Diversity Director at law firm White & Case, attorney and on-air interviewer and commentator in the Caribbean. Photo with Whoopi Goldberg.
Garikai Nyaruwata

Zimbabwe & University 2009

Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Junior Associate with McKinsey in Johannesburg, and Africa outreach director for www.senseandsustainability.net.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell

West Virginia & Worcester 1987

President of the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Sir Zelman Cowen

Victoria & New College 1941

Pioneer in legal education, Vice-Chancellor, Governor-General of Australia, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. (For tributes, Dec 2011, click here.)
Adam von Trott (1909-1944)

Germany & Balliol 1931

German diplomat who tried to avert war and was executed for his role in the July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler.
Rachel Toku-Appiah

Botswana & Keble 1996

Director of the Graça Machel Trust, championing the rights of women and children, especially in Africa.
Dr Ilse Treurnicht

South Africa-at-Large & Balliol 1979

CEO of MaRS Discovery District, an entrepreneurship and innovation centre in Toronto.
Kupela Clarke

Zambia & Green Templeton 2007

Manages outreach projects for children with HIV in Zambia. Board member of Restless Development Zambia.
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)

Illinois & Queen's 1910

Astronomer and 'father of observational cosmology'.
Dr Katherine Michelmore

Bermuda & Magdalen 1995

Senator in Bermuda and physician.
Norman Manley (1893-1969)

Jamaica & Jesus 1914

Chief Minister/Premier of Jamaica 1955-1962.
Professor Loyiso Nongxa

South Africa-at-Large & Balliol 1978

Mathematician, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Martina E. Vandenberg

California & St Antony's 1990

Litigation lawyer, Washington, DC, and human rights advocate, including for victims of human trafficking.
Professor Geoff Gallop

Western Australia & St John's 1972

Premier of Western Australia, 2001-2006, and Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney.
E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977)

Germany & New College 1930

Economist, author of Small is beautiful (1973), founder of development charity Practical Action.
Professor Ayub K. Ommaya (1930-2008)

Pakistan & Balliol 1954

Neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya Reservoir, providing chemotherapy directly to a brain tumour.
Dr Amanda Lee

Hong Kong & St Cross 1998

Index and commodities strategist, Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong, and volunteer, Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Cape Town.
Dr Don Elder

New Zealand & Wolfson 1980

Engineer and CEO of Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd.
Dr Adhiambo Odaga

Kenya & St Antony's 1986

West Africa Representative & Director of the Ford Foundation in Nigeria, supporting pan-African programmes on HIV/AIDS and governance.
Dr John Brademas

Indiana & Brasenose 1950

US Congressman (1959-1981) and President of New York University (1981-1992).
Justice Eileen E. Gillese

Alberta & Wadham 1977

Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Canada.
Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia

India & Magdalen 1964

Deputy Chair of Indian Planning Commission, and former World Bank and IMF economist.
Dr Alisha Wade

Commonwealth Caribbean & Trinity 2000

Clinical Scientist, University of the Witwatersrand, researching chronic disease in developing countries.