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Sniderman 2001 wins Rhodes Scholarship
Andrew is an honors political science and philosophy graduate in the Class of 2007 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. During his junior year at Swarthmore, Sniderman co-founded the Genocide Intervention Network, ultimately delivering speeches across the U.S. and helping to oversee a national lobbying, mobilization, and fundraising effort to provide citizens with tools to prevent and stop genocide. Currently, he is serving in Ottawa as a fellow in the Parliamentary Internship Programme.
This award makes Andrew the second member of the SHS Class of 2001 to make this achievement. Last November, Daniel Wilner 2001 became the first Selwyn House Old Boy since 1959 to win the Rhodes Scholarship, which qualifies the winner for two years of study at Oxford University, with a possible one-year extension.
The Rhodes Scholarships were established in 1902 through the estate of Cecil Rhodes, the British-born diamond magnate and Oxford alumnus who established Rhodesia in southern Africa. The scholarships were originally awarded only in the United States, Germany and the British Commonwealth, but its mandate has been enlarged over the decades. Eleven scholarships are awarded in Canada each year.
The list of eminent Rhodes scholars is long, and includes Montreal neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield; Former Canadian Governor General Roland Michener; Former Prime Minister John Turner; Liberal leadership candidates Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff; Former US President Bill Clinton; Former US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; astronomer Edwin Hubble; Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir John C. Eccles; American poet Robert Penn Warren; Former US Senator J. William Fulbright; Former US Senator, US presidential candidate and pro basketball star Bill Bradley; NATO Commander and US presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark; and American songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson.
Before Andrew Sniderman, other Selwyn House Old Boys who were also Rhodes Scholars are: Henri G. Lafleur ’22, Christopher Eberts ’26, Percival T. Molson ’35, Hew Scott ’41, David Wanklyn ’39, James Paterson ’41, Charles Taylor ’46, Ralph C. S. Walker ’59 and Daniel Wilner 2001.
Andrew is an honors political science and philosophy graduate in the Class of 2007 at Swarthmore College in Pennsynvania. During his junior year, Sniderman co-founded the Genocide Intervention Network, ultimately delivering speeches across the U.S. and helping to oversee a national lobbying, mobilization, and fundraising effort to provide citizens with tools to prevent and stop genocide. Currently he is serving in Ottawa as a fellow in the Parlimentary Internship Programme.
