<p>American</a> Rhodes Scholars for 2012</p>
<p>The Rhodes Trust has just announced the 2012 American Rhodes Scholars. The Rhodes Scholarship is a highly prestigious international award for which 32 Americans are selected each year and are given two to three year scholarships to attend Oxford. </p>
<p>Three years ago, Princeton led the nation with three Rhodes. Last year, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and the U. of Chicago each had three Scholars (one of Princeton’s was an international Rhodes Scholar from Zimbabwe). This year, Stanford led the nation with five Scholars while Princeton, Harvard and Brown followed with four each. The Ivies were also represented by Yale which had a single Scholar. A hearty congratulations to each of these 32 remarkable young men and women.</p>
<p>2012 American Rhodes Scholars </p>
<p>5---Stanford
4---Princeton, Harvard, Brown</p>
<p>3---
2---U. of Washington</p>
<p>1---an additional 12 schools had one Scholar each</p>
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<p>Princeton's four American Rhodes winners this year are: </p>
<p>DISTRICT 2
Massachusetts</p>
<p>Elizabeth W. Butterworth, Auburn, is a senior at Princeton majoring in classics. Elected early to Phi Beta Kappa, she has received high distinctions in Latin, Greek, history, archaeology, and literature. Liz has worked at excavations in Greece and Italy. She also founded and directed a music program for children of low-income families in Dorcester. Her career interest is in arts education. Liz plans to do the M.Sc. in comparative and international education at Oxford.</p>
<p>DISTRICT 3
New York</p>
<p>Miriam Rosenbaum, Bronx, is a senior at Princeton where she is completing a master’s in public affairs, with minors in African American studies, Judaic studies, and Near Eastern studies language and culture. Miriam grew up in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. At Princeton, she is president of the sexual harassment/advising resources and peer advising group, and president of the interfaith dialogue group. Miriam also works with severely disabled children. She is interested in bioethics, health equity and healthcare policy, and plans to do an M.Sc. in public health at Oxford. </p>
<p>DISTRICT 9
Indiana</p>
<p>Mohit Agrawal, West Lafayette, received his B.A. in mathematics at Princeton last year and is currently doing a master’s degree in economic policy evaluation at the National University of Ireland. Elected early to Phi Beta Kappa and the winner of a Mitchell Scholarship, he was co-president of Engineers Without Borders and proposed the Ghana School Library Initiative to construct a library in Ashaiman, Ghana. Mohit also spent a semester at the National University of Singapore and developed tools for anti-cryptology systems for the National Security Agency. He plans to do the D.Phil. in financial economics at Oxford. </p>
<p>DISTRICT 11
Wisconsin</p>
<p>Astrid E.M.L. Stuth, Hubertus, is a senior at Princeton majoring in East Asian studies. She studied Mandarin at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Astrid left her home in Wisconsin to attend high school in Hong Kong. A debater who has competed for the United States in China in Chinese, she is also president of a Princeton a capella group and co-founded and directed an initiative for American and Iraqi youth. Astrid aspires to a career in public diplomacy, with a special focus on U.S.-China relations. At Oxford, she plans to pursue the M.Phil. in international relations. </p>
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<p>Continuing a recent trend, many of the scholarships are being awarded to students who have already finished their undergraduate work. In all, 10 of the 32 scholars have already graduated from college.</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale and Princeton are the three leading institutions for American Rhodes Scholarships. Stanford is fourth and the U.S. Military Academy follows just behind.</p>
<p>American Rhodes Scholars</p>
<p>335---Harvard</p>
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<p>222---Yale
199---Princeton</p>
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<p>91----Stanford
87----U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
61----Dartmouth
49----U. of Chicago
44----U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy</p>
<p>International Rhodes (i.e. scholars attending American universities who applied for and won Rhodes Scholarships from their home countries) complicate the picture here. Harvard and Princeton have had more international Rhodes Scholars than any other school, but comparing the numbers becomes very difficult as they are not centrally reported.</p>
<p>Counting all American Rhodes Scholars on a per capita basis, Harvard leads with Princeton and Yale trailing.</p>
<p>American Rhodes Scholars
(per 1,000 graduates over the period of the scholarship)</p>
<p>2.76-----Harvard
2.36-----Princeton
2.28-----Yale</p>
<p>The remaining foreign Rhodes Scholars will be chosen within the next few weeks. Often, one or two of the Canadian Rhodes Scholars will actually be attending U.S. institutions. The official announcement of the Marshall Scholars won't occur until the beginning of December.
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