USNA Honorable Graduates - Rhodes Scholars

Rhodes Scholars
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Rhodes Scholarships are awarded annually by the Oxford-based Rhodes Trust on the basis of academics and character. The recipient is provided with two years of study at the prestigious University of Oxford in England.


  • E. Van Meter, 1928
  • George H. Deiter, 1929
  • Paul L. DeVos, 1930
  • Harold Payson, Jr, 1931
  • Louis H. Sugg, 1944
  • Harry A. Watson, 1946
  • Dennis C. Stanfill, 1949
  • John D. Hemenway, 1951
  • Charles J. DiBona, 1956
  • Andrew P. Sundberg, 1962
  • Charles S. Abbot, 1966
  • Jerome M. Kirchberg, Jr, 1967
  • Stuart W. Swetland, 1981
  • Mark L. Gorenflow, 1983
  • Stuart B. Munsch, 1985
  • David K. Ismay, 1993
  • Andrew A. Castiglione, 1998
  • Emelia M. Spencer, 2002
  • Joseph F. Preston, 2005
  • Trevor C. Thompson, 2005
  • Paul J. Angelo, 2006
  • Nicholas M. Schmitz, 2006
  • Sean Genis, 2007
 
  • Frank M. Adamson,1929
  • Francis R. Duborg, 1929
  • Donald W. Gladney, Jr, 1930
  • Charles J. Merdinger, 1941
  • W. E. Slesnick, 1946
  • Stansfield Turner, 1947
  • Carl T. Hanson, 1950
  • Robert B. Pirie, Jr, 1955
  • John A. Knubel, Jr, 1962
  • Ronald M. Bancroft, 1965
  • Robert L. Earl, 1967
  • Dennis C. Blair, 1968
  • Timothy J. Galpin, 1982
  • Mark R. Hagerott, 1983
  • Michael P. Gaffney, 1987
  • Sean Fahey, 1994
  • Joshua D. Nassiri, 2001
  • Kin Leong Ho, 2003 (Sinapore)
  • Jason D. Shell, 2005
  • William R. Kelly, 2005
  • Jacquelyn R. Hanna, 2006
  • John B. Moore, 2008