Obituaries
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Ed was a 1939 Rhodes Scholar from Colorado. World War II prevented his attendance at Brasenose College of Oxford University (class of '39) and cut short his attendance at Columbia Business School (class of '43).
He was a human resources executive for the New York City Newspaper Publishers Association (1938-1942) and for The New York Times (1946-1983). He was officer-in- charge (1942-1945) of U.S. Navy gun crews on supply ships such as SS William Johnson in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, leaving at the end of 1945 as a lieutenant USNR. He was a member of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, Society for Human Resource Management, American Economic Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi, and Alpha Kappa Psi. Ed married Caroline Lockwood Duncombe of Briarcliff Manor, NY in 1942. Fulltime residents of New York City (1946-1987), they were also residents of the Taconic Valley for 55 years - part-time in Stephentown, NY (1957-1987 as owners of half of the former George Holcomb farm), and in Berlin, NY from 1987 until moving fulltime to Bennington, VT in 2016.
Weldon attended the University of Utah and studied history and languages. Especially fond of Italian, he travelled to Italy frequently throughout his life. His college career was interrupted by two years' service in the US Army and at 24, he finished his BA in Utah and was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship.
Weldon completed an MA in PPE at Oxford University and a second MA in Political Science at the University of Utah and went on to went on to earn a PhD from Harvard University. His dissertation, From Kingdom to Commonwealth: The Development of Civic Consciousness in English Political Thought, was published and is still available as an e-edition from Harvard Press.
In 1967, Weldon joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1970, he accepted an appointment at the University of Utah and became a full professor in 1975. He served as editor of the Western Political Quarterly (now the Political Research Quarterly) and finished his career in Utah as chair of the Department of Political Science.
Brigadier General Amos provided leadership and expertise in the early years of the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University. He worked in government, military and academia. He read PPE at the University of Oxford.
The Rhodes Scholar studied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics at the University of Oxford and was the Managing Director of Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited in Johannesburg, South Africa.
We are saddened by the news of Rupert's passing. He came up to Oxford in 1956 and studied Law.
Murray Hofmeyr was a South African sportsman who played international rugby union for England. Hofmeyr moved to England in 1948 as a Rhodes Scholar at Worcester College. He represented Oxford University in both cricket and rugby union. From 1949 to 1951, Hofmeyr made thirty five first-class appearances for Oxford University and scored 2495 runs. He had his most prolific year in 1950 when he scored 1063 runs at 55.94. Hofmeyr appeared in three of England's four Tests in the 1950 Five Nations Championship, against Wales, France and Scotland. He played his club rugby for Harlequins and also represented the Barbarians. He captained the Oxford University Cricket Club in the 1951 season and then returned to South Africa.
A Rhodes Scholar who gained a first class in Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
Emeritus Professor in economics and vice-chancellor of the University of New England. Ronald was also a senior economics adviser at the United Nations.
An esteemed professor at the Boston University School of Law for more than 30 years. He wrote numerous books and articles and was a distinguished trial attorney and trial advocacy expert.