Former Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Garris, has been appointed Global Director of Admissions at Schwarzman Scholars. Garris will oversee recruitment and admissions for the elite scholarship program, which was announced last year and is modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship. Schwarzman Scholars will welcome its first class of scholars in 2016 and launch its inaugural admissions season in 2015.

"Robert was selected after an extensive global search, and represents the very best in thought leadership and execution in the area of student admissions," remarked the program’s founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman. Garris will work closely with the Institute of International Education, which recently partnered with the Schwarzman Scholars to help administer its admissions operations.