''The American Oxonian'' (''TAO''; ISSN 0003-0295) is the magazine of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars. Its first issue appeared in April 1914.

History

From the beginning of the Rhodes Scholarship, the experience of American Rhodes Scholars in their

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education created a bond among those who shared it and led to a desire to maintain contact with each other and to share memories and insights across the student generations. The first attempt to create a newsletter among the American Rhodes Scholar alumni was made in 1907 with a short-lived publication called ''The Alumni Magazine''. Seven years later, a permanent successor appeared with the first issue of the ''American Oxonian'' in April 1914 and it has existed ever since.

List of editors

The following have been editors:"The ''Oxonian'' is Fifty", ''The American Oxonian'', vol L, no. 1 (January 1963), p. 20. Reprinted in vol. C, no 1 (Winter 2013), p. 24. * 1914–1921 Frank Aydelotte (

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and Brasenose, 1905) * 1921–1930 C. F. Tucker Brooke (

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and St John's, 1904) * 1930–1935 Alan Valentine (

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and Balliol, 1922) * 1935–1943

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and New College, 1919) * 1943–1946

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and Wadham, 1914) * 1946–1949 Gordon Keith Chalmers (

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and Wadham, 1926) * 1949–1955 Paul S. Havens (

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. 1925) * 1955–1962 E. Wilson Lyon (

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and St. John's, 1925) * 2000-2014 Todd R. Breyfogel (

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, 1988) * 2014-2019 Kathrin Day Lassila (

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and

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, 1982) * 2019-pres. Todd R. Breyfogel (

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References

External links

American Oxonian official website

Hathitrust digital copies of back issues
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