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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rhodes Scholarship was established in 1904 by the estate of South African financier and politician Cecil Rhodes, who wanted to bring students from nine beneficiary countries to England's Oxford University, his alma mater. Rhodes hoped to promote international understanding and harmony...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hijjas Wins Malaysian Rhodes Scholarship | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...dumped more than $10 million into it and plans to increase the fund's size to $50 million by 2000. Local libraries, environmental groups and his alma mater, M.I.T., have benefited handsomely; but Kirsch directs the bulk of his charity to scientists seeking cures for diseases that touch him. Kirsch's father is a diabetic who was recently found to have cancer; his mother suffers from macular degeneration. "Someday I could have to go through what my parents are. So if I can apply my dollars now, then when I'm older, it's possible I can have a better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charity Watch: A New Take on Giving | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...Jonathan J. Finer '99 of Winthrop House, Akash K. Kapur '98 formerly affiliated with Dunster House and Navin Narayan '99 of Adams House. The Rhodes scholarship was established in 1904 by the estate of Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes envisioned bringing students from nine beneficiary countries to Oxford, his alma mater, to promote international understanding and peace...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Students Awarded Rhodes | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Make no mistake, times have changed. For much of The Game's history, there were no Harvard women representing their alma mater in the stands--those in attendance came from Radcliffe. Male Harvard students twenty years ago dressed up and brought dates to The Game, which played the role of both sporting event and social activity...

Author: By Mary C. Cardinale, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumni Share Highlights of Past Harvard-Yale Contests | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...this bridge built in memory of a scholar and a soldier, connecting the college yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an ever-present reminder to students passing over it of loyalty to country and alma mater and a last suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recalling Harvard's Greatest Sacrifice | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

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