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1998 Rhodes Scholarship to be announced

3 November 1997

The Governor of Queensland, His Excellency Major General Peter Arnison, AO will announce the 1998 Queensland Rhodes Scholar at around 5.30pm on Thursday, November 6 at the University of Queensland.

The selection committee will interview seven short-listed candidates before choosing the one who will take up the scholarship at Oxford University in September 1998.

The Queensland Rhodes Scholar will join five winners from the other states and three from Australia-at-large.

This year the selection committee received 42 applications for the scholarship.

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