18 Facts About Rhodes Scholars

Rhodes Scholars have achieved distinction as politicians, academics, scientists and doctors, authors, entrepreneurs, and Nobel Prize winners.

The Rhodes Scholars program was a copy that soon became the best-known version.

The Rhodes Trust established the scholarships in 1902 under the terms laid out in the sixth and final will of Cecil John Rhodes, dated 1 July 1899 and appended by several codicils through March 1902.

Rhodes Scholars, who attended Oriel College, Oxford, believed the university's residential colleges would be the best venue to nurture diplomatic ties between future world leaders.

Cecil Rhodes wished current scholars and Rhodes alumni to have "opportunities of meeting and discussing their experiences and prospects".

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In recognition of the centenary of the foundation of the Rhodes Trust in 2003, four former Rhodes Scholars were awarded honorary degrees by the University of Oxford.

In 2007, the Association of American Rhodes Scholars published a retrospective on the first 30 years of female recipients, many of whom individually recounted personal experiences as well as professional accomplishments.

In South Africa, the will of Cecil Rhodes expressly allocated scholarships to four all-male private schools.

At least a half dozen 1990s Rhodes Scholars became partners at Goldman Sachs and, since the 1980s, McKinsey has had numerous Rhodes Scholars as partners.

Similarly, of Rhodes Scholars who became attorneys, about one-third serve as staff attorneys for private corporations, while another third remain in private practice or academic posts.

Highest-ranking career choice for Rhodes Scholars is education and academia, with many becoming deans of law and medical schools and others becoming professors and lecturers.

Rhodes Scholars have had a notable impact in the fields of medicine and science.

Rhodes Scholars was credited with maintaining the high quality of basic science research in the Institutes.

Rhodes Scholars was later arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

Rhodes Scholars observed that shifts in the developing world, particularly dietary changes and increased urbanization, lead to higher incidences of heart attacks and strokes.

Rhodes Scholars became a founding member of the influential Fugitive literary group.

Tasmanian Rhodes Scholars Scholar Richard Flanagan is a celebrated author, having been awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Rhodes Scholars's is currently coordinating missions between the Johnson Space Center and the International Space Station as an employee of NASA.