UWI Rhodes Scholars

UWI GRADUATES WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

Cecil John Rhodes was a British diamond magnate and imperialist. Rhodes' life is part of the history of Southern Africa. The colony of Rhodesia took his name and is today known as the independent state of Zimbabwe. Rhodes name is now remembered principally because of his foundation of the Rhodes Scholarships. He left the greater part of his substantial fortune to establish this scheme in his will.

Candidates for Rhodes Scholarships are selected on the basis of "qualities of character" as well as of intellect. Rhodes' aim was to provide future leaders of the English-speaking world with an education which would broaden their views and develop their abilities. He chose to endow these scholarships at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, because he believed that its residential colleges provided an environment specially conducive to pesonal development.

Rhodes hoped that those who benefited from his scholarships would go on to improve the lot of mankind, and work towards maintaining peace between nations.

The Rhodes Scholarship is given based on:

  • Literary and scholastic attainments
  • Energy to use one’s talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness and success in sports
  • Truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship
  • Moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one’s fellow beings

Two Rhodes Scholarships are offered to Caribbean nationals each year; one specifically for Jamaicans and one that is open to the entire Caribbean (Jamaica included).

We salute with “Pelican Pride” the following UWI Graduates who have received Rhodes Scholarships:

Yearsort descending Graduate Scholarship
26 1976 Jeffrey S. Mordecai

Jamaica

27 1977 Michael Hope Allen

Jamaica

28 1977 Marston Creighton da Costa Gibson

British Caribbean

29 1981 Stephen C. Vascianne

Jamaica

30 1982 Michael Peter Chan

British Caribbean

31 1983 Haniph Latchmen

Jamaica

32 1985 Peter Stanley Goldson

Jamaica

33 1985 David Addison Myers

British Caribbean

34 1986 Dr. Evan Dale Abel

Jamaica

35 1988 Dr. David McBean

Jamaica

36 1989 Andrea Wright

Jamaica

37 1991 Carla Maria Noel

Commonwealth Caribbean

38 1991 Prof. Colin Andrew McKenzie

Jamaica

39 1992 Ms. Tracy S. Robinson

Jamaica

40 1993 Daniel John Thwaites

Commonwealth Caribbean

41 1994 Janine Fazal Iqbal

Commonwealth Caribbean

42 1994 Dr. Dr. Nigel Andrew-Lincoln Clarke

Jamaica

43 1997 Carina Cockburn

Jamaica

44 1997 Melanie Jean Newton

Commonwealth Caribbean

45 1999 Idara Hippolyte

Commonwealth Caribbean

46 1999 Nadia Ellis-Russell

Jamaica

47 2000 Dr. Alisha Wade

Commonwealth Caribbean

48 2000 Neil Hanchard

Jamaica

49 2001 Dr. Monique Robinson

Commonwealth Caribbean

50 2002 David Williams

Commonwealth Caribbean

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