Professor William Barber (Kansas & Balliol 1949) (13 January 1925 – 26 October 2016) will be much missed by the entire Rhodes Scholar community.
Dr Penelope Brook has been named as the inaugural Director of the Atlantic Institute, following a successful career at the World Bank Group including as Ombudsman and as Country Director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
New Rhodes Scholars from the many Rhodes constituencies have been warmly welcomed to Oxford in recent days.
The University of Oxford is now the top university in the world according to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
The Head Gardener at Rhodes House, Neil Wigfield is to be congratulated on his fourth gold medal in the 'Oxford in Bloom' competition.
In fine fall English weather, 16 American members of the Class of 1966, joined by spouses, and even some children and grandchildren, convened in Oxford for a gala 50th Reunion, September 14-17, 2016.
The Alumni Weekend 2016 for the Rhodes community started on Saturday 17 September with a terrific lunch for the 25th and 50th anniversary classes.
26 Rhodes Scholars and 26 spouses and children of the Class of 1974 attended a marvelous sun-spanked reunion in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado at the Aspen Institute, Thursday, August 11 through Sunday, August 14.
On 31 May, we welcomed Mr Wafic R. Saïd and the Saïd Foundation to Rhodes House for a dinner to mark the establishment of the Rhodes Scholarship for Syria and the Rhodes Scholarship for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.
The Rhodes Trust is expanding its scope of supporting global leaders who will help create a more democratic, more just and more equal world.