<p>Sam Lee:</p>
<p>3 Rhodes winners between 1998 and 2009 (the range of my data.)</p>
<p>Even UVA and Georgetown had 4 in the same time period. Brown had 12, U Chi and Duke 15, Harvard 26 in the same time period.</p>
<p>Goldwaters? If 2006 to 2009 means four years, that’s 2.5 per year. An OK but not spectacular showing. </p>
<p>Looks to me like Northwestern started to invest in this area in recent years. Did they hire a new National Scholarships advisor? That would be consistent with some of your theories. </p>
<p>I have no beef with Northwestern other than the fact that my wife went there. (just joking 
). It is an excellent place. But let’s keep the boosterism in perspective, please. </p>
<p>BTW, brebeuff, where did you get that screen name? I recognize the name without the second “f”…</p>