Power Elite: Rhodes Scholars With Enormous Influence
6. George Stephanopoulos
Rejected the first time during his senior year at Columbia for the scholarship, but Stephanopoulos succeeded the second time, using his 1984 Rhodes Scholarship to earn a master’s degree in theology at Balliol College. He maintains that he spent much of that time trying to root his political leanings in the deeper philosophies that he studied there.
Later, during the 1992 presidential campaign, he would serve as Bill Clinton’s senior political adviser, then as communications director during Clinton’s presidency. He currently hosts the Sunday morning news show This Week and is the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News.
The journalist’s close ties to the Clinton’s have recently stirred up controversy because of his recent donation of $75,000 to the Clinton Global Foundation. Information he did not disclose during news reports about the foundation. He had made an on-air apology, but that hasn’t stopped many from considering his recusal from moderating any political debates.
