{"id":2007,"date":"2022-11-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/wolmers-boys-past-student-david-salmon-is-2023-rhodes-scholar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T03:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:38:51","slug":"wolmers-boys-past-student-david-salmon-is-2023-rhodes-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/wolmers-boys-past-student-david-salmon-is-2023-rhodes-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolmer\u2019s Boys past student David Salmon is 2023 Rhodes Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Chris Patterson, JIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 11, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Governor-General
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen with 2023 Rhodes Scholar David Rhoden Salmon. Photo: Adrian Walker \/ JIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-two-year-old David Rhoden Salmon is the 2023 Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was one of 11 candidates \u2013 seven males and four females \u2013 who vied for the highly acclaimed scholarship award this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement was made on Thursday (Nov. 10) by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, during a brief ceremony at King\u2019s House after a full day of interviews of the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former student of Wolmer\u2019s Boys School in Kingston, Mr. Salmon has an undergraduate degree in Public Policy and Management with a Minor in International Relations from the University of the West Indies (UWI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is pursuing a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge after receiving the HRH Prince of Wales Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the 2023 Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Salmon will head to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to study for a Doctor of Philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will join more than 100 scholars from around the world to undertake fully sponsored postgraduate studies and become part of a global community of people determined to make a positive difference in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Salmon has an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of accomplishments, including as founder of the New Jamaica Foundation, which is an organisation dedicated to promoting youth development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a recipient of the Governor-General Achievement Award for the parish of St. Andrew in 2021, for academic performance and community involvement, as well as the Prime Minister National Youth Award for nation building in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his remarks, the Governor-General noted that the selection committee had difficulty choosing the winner from among \u201can outstanding group of scholars\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy far, for the past 14 years, I have been chairing the committee and it has never been so difficult. It was a walk in the park in former years in comparison to what we had to do this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He encouraged the other candidates to try again. \u201cDon\u2019t give up, never give up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview following the announcement, Mr. Salmon said that being named the 2023 Rhodes Scholar was a dream come true, noting that the opportunity will better enable him to give back to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is something that I have aspired for since I was 15 when my alma mater, Wolmer\u2019s Boy\u2019s School, had its last Rhodes Scholar, Tariq Parker. He came to our school and gave an address and I looked up to him from then and said, \u2018I want to be like this person in the future\u2019,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beaming with joy, Mr. Salmon\u2019s mother, Donnahue Rhoden Salmon expressed how proud she was of her son. \u201cYou did it,\u201d she exclaimed as she embraced him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rhodes Scholarship, based at the University of Oxford since 1903, is the world\u2019s pre-eminent and oldest graduate fellowship. It has been awarded to one outstanding applicant from Jamaica every year since 1904.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"David
David Salmon at King\u2019s House. Photo: Adrian Walker \/ JIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"David
David Salmon with family at the Rhodes announcement. Photo: Adrian Walker \/ JIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jamaica Information Service<\/a>, November 11, 2022. Republished for the Wolmer\u2019s Trust community with attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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