Rhodes Scholar

A Rhodes Scholar is a holder of a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The scholarships are awarded by the Rhodes Trust, endowed by the will of the imperialist statesman Cecil Rhodes and founded in 1902, and originally open to scholars from the British Empire, the United States and Germany. Scholars are eligible to study any postgraduate degree at Oxford (excluding MBA). Since the foundation of the trust, more than 7,000 Rhodes Scholars have attended Oxford.

"Cecil Rhodes directed that the selection of scholars should be based on academic ability; sporting activity; qualities of personal rectitude, strength and compassion; and sense of the public good."[1]

Over time, the award has been increasingly given to liberal recipients lacking achievement in either sport or academics. For example, scholarship recipient Bill Clinton had no known sporting achievement and refused to release his suspect academic record either. He took the scholarship money for attending Oxford but could not earn a degree there.

In 2002, a Rhodes scholarship was awarded to Chesa Boudin, best known for being the child of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who were members of the international terrorist group, the Weather Underground. Boudin and Gilbert are currently serving long sentences in prison for their part in the murder of two police officers and a guard "as the result of a robbery of a Brinks armored car in New York at the late, unradical date of 1981."[2] Chesa expressed support for the views of his parents, "My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I'm dedicated to the same thing."[2]

## Contents

* 1 Well-known liberal Rhodes Scholars
* 2 Well-known liberals expelled from the Rhodes Scholarship program
* 3 Well-known RINO Rhodes Scholars
* 4 Well-known conservative Rhodes Scholars
* 5 Other Rhodes Scholars
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Well-known liberal Rhodes Scholars[edit]

* Kim Beazley, Australian politician, current Australian Ambassador to the United States of America.
* Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey (2013- ), mayor of Newark, New Jersey (2006-2013)
* Wesley Clark, U.S. general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
* Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
* J.W. Fulbright, liberal Democratic U.S. Senator from Arkansas who founded the Fulbright Scholarships at taxpayer expense
* Bob Hawke, liberal Australian Labor Party Prime Minister
* Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist and author
* Kris Kristofferson, songwriter and actor
* Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC and Air America Radio
* Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
* Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State under liberal presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
* George Stephanopoulos, ABC News and Clinton mouthpiece.
* Heather Wilson, Congresswoman from New Mexico; first female veteran elected to Congress.
* Naomi Wolf, feminist author

## Well-known liberals expelled from the Rhodes Scholarship program[edit]

* Bill Clinton, expelled 1969 for violent sexual assault.[3][4] Rhodes Scholars did not receive Draft induction notices; Clinton received his in 1969 at the time he allegedly was in the program.

## Well-known RINO Rhodes Scholars[edit]

* Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator for Indiana, eventually defeated by a conservative challenger in his own primary

## Well-known conservative Rhodes Scholars[edit]

* Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana
* David Vitter, U.S. Senator for Louisiana
* Tony Abbott, prime minister of Australia (2013-2015)
* Byron White, Supreme Court Justice

## Other Rhodes Scholars[edit]

* Edwin Hubble, astronomer

## References[edit]

1. ↑ The Rhodes Trust
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Slate.com, Weatherson: Chesa Boudin, radical chic Rhodes scholar, by Emily Yoffe, Posted Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 [1]
3. ↑ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/24/20040624-121742-7463r/
4. ↑ http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/every-clinton-sex-assault-victim/

## External links[edit]

* http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/history.htm