Endorsement of Scholarship Opportunities

Tue 22 Jan 2008

Rawdon Dalrymple AO, previous Australian ambassador to the United States commented recently about our Sports & Academic Scholarships to the USA:

"These scholarship programs open up the opportunity for Australian students to pursue their tertiary studies in the United States at a fraction of the price they might normally expect to pay. They offer a viable alternative to traditional study routes in Australia and have the added benefit of allowing students to acquire first hand knowledge of living and studying in the world's largest and most dynamic economy.

The United States offers very high standards of post secondary education and a degree from an American institution will be recognised and valued around the world. I encourage students and parents to give serious consideration to these opportunities."

Mr Dalrymple was born in Sydney and went to school and university there. He was Rhodes Scholar for NSW in 1952 and graduated from Oxford with first class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

He joined the Asian Development Bank in Manila in 1967 as Alternate Director, was then minister in the Australian embassy in Jakarta from 1969 to 1972, and ambassador to Israel from 1972 to 1975. In 1981 Mr Dalrymple was appointed ambassador to Indonesia, in 1985 ambassador to the United States and in 1989 ambassador to Japan. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985.

He has published articles in journals in Australia, the United States, France and Canada and writes a monthly column in a leading Japanese newspaper. His book Continental Drift: Australia's Search for a Regional Identity was published by Ashgate in March 2003.