Rhodes Scholars

Since 1903, Rhodes Scholarships send postgraduate students to study at the University of Oxford, England. The University of Mississippi has had 27 Rhodes Scholars, placing us in 8th place in the nation among public universities, and 26th among all private and public universities – tied with University of Montana and Vanderbilt.

The last College graduate to receive a Rhodes Scholarship was Shadrick “Shad” Tucker White (BA Economics and Political Science ’08)

Sandersville Native Shad White Wins Coveted Rhodes Scholarship

OXFORD, Miss – Shadrack “Shad” Tucker White Saturday was named the University of Mississippi’s 25th Rhodes Scholar and is the first to receive prestigious Rhodes and Truman scholarships. The UM honors graduate was selected following rigorous interviews in Kansas City earlier today. The academic...

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RECIPIENTS BY YEAR

2020

Arielle Hudson
English Education

2019

Jaz Brisack
General Studies 

2008

Shadrick “Shad” Tucker White
Economics, Political Science

1998

Samuel Calvin Thigpen 
B.S. in Chemistry

1987

Clen Damon Miguel Moore
B.A. English

1982

Marshall Jones Bouldin IV
B.A. Mathematics

1978

Charles Daniel Goodgame
Journalism

1968

Paul Merrell Parish
B.A. English

1961

Floyd Dean Copeland
B.A. History

1957

Robert Dean Childres
Liberal Arts

1956

Jess Brooks Woods
Chemical Engineering

1952

Walter R. Coppedge
Liberal Arts

1950

James Emory Price, Jr.
Law 

1938

James Hector Currie, III
Liberal Arts

1928

Calvin S. Brown Jr.
Liberal Arts

1926

Myres Smith McDougal
Liberal Arts

1925

Elijah Wilson Lyon
Liberal Arts

1924

Louis Meredith Jiggitts
Law 

1922

Walter Hugh Drane Lester 
M.A.  

1920

Bryan England
Liberal Arts

1917

William L. Finger
Liberal Arts

1913

Thomas Franklin Mayo
Liberal Arts

1912

John William Kyle
Liberal Arts

1908

Leonard Eugene Farley
Liberal Arts

1907

1906

Richard Capel Beckett, Jr.
Liberal Arts