
Two MIT students named Rhodes Scholars in 2018
Mary Clare Beytagh, far left, and Matthew Chun will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall. Learn more at MIT News.
Recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship are selected based on scholarly achievement, character, commitment to the public good, and leadership potential. The scholarship provides funding for one to three years of graduate study at Oxford.

2015 Rhodes Scholars: this year’s three Rhodes Scholars from MIT tie the Institute’s 2009 record for the most recipients in a single year. Left to right: senior Anisha Gururaj; alumnus Noam Angrist '13; and senior Elliot Akama-Garren. –MIT News

2014 Scholar: “I wanted to go to a place that really cares about research and cares about advancing humanity. Once you say those two words, MIT comes to mind. That’s why I applied here,” says John Mikhael. –MIT News
Award History
1931–2019
2019 - Tress, Sarah
2018 - Beytagh, Mary Clare
- Chun, Matthew
2015 - Akama-Garren, Elliot H.
- Angrist, Noam
- Gururaj, Anisha N.
2014 - Mikhael, John
2012 - Lin, Stephanie
2011 - Lai, Jennifer
2010 - Amadi, Ugwechi
- Huang, Caroline
- Mo, Steven
2009 - Gethers, Matthew L.
- Whitney-Johnson, Alia
2008 - Anahtar, Melis
2005 - Lee, Laurel Yong-Hwa
- Masiello, Elizabeth
- Samuel, Javed
2002 - Basu, Sanjay
- Njoroge, Paul K. (for Kenya)
2001 - Brunskill, Emma P. (endorsed by University of Washington)
2000 - Mierau, Susanna B.
1999 - Poyneer, Lisa Ann
- Douglas, Christopher L.
1997 - Sabeti, Pardis Christin
1996 - Ayer, Tobias
1994 - Brooks, Eileen L.
1993 - Lundstrom, Mark E.
1991 - Prather, Darcy D.
1990 - Monroe, Burt L. (endorsed by University of Louisville)
1983 - Scofield, Jerri-Lynn
1980 - Nalebuff, Barry J.
1979 - Eliot, Charles
1977 - Adams, James Eli
1970 - Smith, Stephen D.
1966 - Tsien, Richard
1964 - Gerrity, Thomas P. Jr.
1961 - Ness, David Norman
1959 - Von Hippel, Frank
1958 - Dirks, Leslie C.
1956 - Johns, Oliver
1955 - Strang, Gilbert
1952 - Wasserman, Arthur Allen
- Shiffman, Carl A.
1951 - Barcus, William D.
1950 - Skolnikoff, Eugene B.
- Benington, Herbert D.
1948 - Macdonald, J. Ross
1947 - Raisbeck, Gordon
1939 - Lippitt, Vernon G.
1935 - Stockmayer, Walter Hugo
1933 - Getting, Ivan A.
1931 - Shaffer, Morris F.