Word: rhodeses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DR. ALAN RHODES
Rivercraft and rescue squads quickly swept.the scene for survivors, picking up at least eight, along with five bodies. Divers spotted three more corpses in a car but were unable to recover any of the victims pinned in the submerged scrap heap. It will take weeks of work to cut them...
The class of '66 had taken a record-breaking 10 scholarships the year before and many University officials speculated that pressure was being put on the Rhodes Committees to distribute the award among other institutions and not to allow Harvard to dominate the competition.
The scholarships, set up under the will of Cecil Rhodes in 1903, are given annually to 32 unmarried students between the ages of 18 and 24 for study in their own field at Oxford.
The 1967 awards went to students in 27 states and brings the total number of Rhodes scholars since the creation of the scholarship program to 1,482.