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Careers of some of the most accomplished Rhodes Scholars
 The Rhodes scholarship is an international fellowship that grants each recipient two years of study at the University of Oxford. Since 1904, thirty-two American Rhodes scholars are chosen each year. The application deadline to become a 2009 Rhodes scholar is in October and the Rhodes scholar winners are announced in November. In anticipation of the 2009 Rhodes scholar winners, it is interesting to take a look at some of the most common professions of previous American Rhodes scholars. Many Rhodes scholars have successful careers in fields such as the arts, athletics, business, communications, education, government and politics, law and science. These famous men and women are the best of the best — if you have dreams of following in their footsteps, you may want to look at some of the jobs available in these career fields as well.
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- Kris Kristofferson
- 1958 Rhodes scholar
- Pomona College
- American actor and musician
- Terrence Malik
- 1966 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- Film director of The Thin Red Line, Badlands, Days of Heaven and The New World
- Jobs in the Arts: music teacher, music education, music therapist, art director, art teacher, museum jobs, dance instructor, photography, graphic design, web designer, movie extras, entertainment
Athletics
Business
- Franklin D. Raines
- 1971 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004; Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1996-1998
- Walter Isaacson
- 1974 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- President of the Aspen Institute; managing editor of Time magazine, 1995-2001; Chairman and CEO of CNN
- Randal Pinkett
- 1994 Rhodes scholar
- Rutgers
- President and CEO of BCT Partners; winner of The Apprentice 4
- Jobs in Business: accounting, administrative, business development, consulting, executive positions, finance, human resources, management, marketing, sales, strategy
Communications, Media, and Journalism
- Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr.
- 1968 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
- Michael Kinsley
- 1972 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- American journalist for Los Angeles Times; founder of Slate magazine; editor of The New Republic
- Nicholas D. Kristof
- 1981 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- New York Times reporter and columnist; 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- George Stephanopoulos
- 1984 Rhodes scholar
- Columbia
- Moderator of ABC’s This Week political talk show and communications director for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign
- Jobs in Communications: public relations, advertising, television, publishing, writer, editor, freelance writing, telecommunications, broadcasting, entertainment, other media, journalism and newspaper jobs
Education
- Rex Adams
- 1962 Rhodes scholar
- Duke
- Dean of the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1996-2001; Chairman of the Board of PBS
- David B. Frohnmayer
- 1962 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- President of the University of Oregon, 1994- ; Attorney General of Oregon, 1980-1991
- Noah Feldman
- 1992 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- Harvard University law professor, as well as American author and constitutional adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003-2005
- Jobs in Education: teacher, special ed teacher, director of education, principal, school psychologist, guidance counselor, school librarian, school secretary, other education jobs
Government and Politics
- Richard F. Celeste
- 1960 Rhodes scholar
- Yale
- Governor of Ohio, 1983-1991; Director of the Peace Corps; U.S. Ambassador to India; President of Colorado College
- R. James Woolsey
- 1963 Rhodes scholar
- Stanford
- Director of Central Intelligence and head of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1993-1995
- William Jefferson Clinton
- 1968 Rhodes scholar
- Georgetown
- American politician; 42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001; Governor of Arkansas, 1979-1981 & 1983-1993
- Piyush “Bobby” Jindal
- 1992 Rhodes scholar
- Brown
- current Governor of Louisiana; U.S. Congressman for Louisiana, 2005-2007; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2001-2004; President of the University of Louisiana System, 1999-2001
- Government Jobs: intelligence, security, engineering, administration, finance, accounting, management, technology, consulting, more government jobs
Law
- Guido Calabresi
- 1953 Rhodes scholar
- Yale
- American legal academic; Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Professor and Dean at Yale Law School
- Robert McCallum, JR
- 1968 Rhodes scholar
- Yale
- American lawyer; U.S. Attorney General, 2003-
- Ronald Tenpas
- 1985 Rhodes scholar
- Michigan State University
- Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-
- Jobs in Law: lawyer, attorney, law clerk, legal secretary, paralegal, litigation jobs, legal consultant, court reporter, other courtroom jobs, general legal jobs, general legal administrative jobs
Science
- Robert Maloney
- 1979 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- Ophthalmologist; LASIK specialist; Extreme Makeover ophthalmologist
- Brian Greene
- 1984 Rhodes scholar
- Harvard
- American physicist and string theorist; Professor at Columbia University
- Atul Gawande
- 1987 Rhodes scholar
- Stanford
- Surgeon and New Yorker medical writer
- Jobs in Science: doctor, nurse, engineer, researcher, pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, biology, physics, chemistry, environmental, psychology, other science jobs
For more information on the Rhodes scholar program, visit the Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust.
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