Rice Centennial Timeline

1934

In December 1934 Samuel R. Dunlap '31 is the 1^st of many Rice graduates to win a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.

Rhodes Scholars (named in December for the following 2-3 years):

1934: Samuel R. Dunlap

1951: Clyde M. Williams, Rice '48, MD '52, Oxford 1952-1954

1956: Roy Hofheinz Jr

1961: James Robert Doty

1962: Robert E. Johnston

1969: Charles R. Engles; Charles A. Shanor

1996: Maryana Iskander

1997: Lisa McCormick

1998: Bobak Robert Azamian

2005: Noorain F. Khan

2011 (Nov. 22): Ye jin Kang

Samuel R. Dunlap pursues his graduate work in English literature and receives his Ph.D. in 1939.

In 1951, Clyde M. Williams '48 receives a Rhodes Scholarship and studies neurophysiology at Oxford under the guidance of Graham Weddel.

In 1956, Roy M. Hofheinz, Jr. '57 is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He studies politics, philosophy and economics. He receives a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1959 and a master's degree in 1965.

In summer 1962, Rhodes Scholarship winner James R. Doty '62 goes to Oxford University to study history. In 1969 Doty receives his law degree from Yale.

In December 1962, Robert E. Johnston '62, who had been chosen as Rice's outstanding senior, is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He studies politics, philosophy and economics and receives 2 degrees from Oxford: his B.A. in 1965, and his M.A. in 1968.

In 1969, Charles R. Engles '70 and Charles A. Shanor '68 are awarded Rhodes Scholarships. Shanor wins the scholarship while a law student at the University of Virginia and continues to study law at Oxford. Engles enrolls as a student in the Final Honour School of Mathematics.

In December 1996, Maryana Iskander '97 is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, which she uses to earn a master of science degree in comparative social policy from Oxford University.

The Rice Thresher announces that Lisa McCormick '98 has won a Rhodes Scholarship. She studies the sociology of contemporary music at Oxford University.

In December 1998, Bobak Azamian '99 is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study the application of nanotechnology to medical science at Oxford University.

In December 2005, Noorain Khan '06 receives the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which she plans to use to obtain a masters of philosophy degree in migration studies at Oxford University.

Ye jin Kang will pursue MS degrees in global health science and in global governance and diplomacy.