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R. F. (Richard Frederick) Scholz
A classicist and college president, he wrote about Roman imperial administration and coauthored a guide to Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships. His career linked scholarship, higher education, and an ambitious vision for undergraduate learning.
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Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships
by R. F. (Richard Frederick) Scholz, Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck
About the author
Richard Frederick Scholz was an American scholar and educator best known for his work in classics and higher education. He wrote Municipal and Feudal Tendencies in Roman Imperial Administration and, with Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck, Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships, a practical and historical look at Oxford and the scholarship program.
He later became the second president of Reed College, taking office in April 1921. Reed records say he pushed for a more "correlated and integrated curriculum," hoping to guide students through a broader historical understanding rather than a loose collection of separate courses.
Scholz died young in 1924, so his published work and short presidency together form the main outline of his public life. Even so, they show a writer interested in both deep historical study and the shape of modern education.