Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 14 November 1946, page 1
NEWCASTLE STUDENT SELECTED AS N.S.W. RHODES SCHOLAR
SYDNEY, Wednesday.
The Rhodes Scholarship Commit-tee to-night selected David Roy Stewart, Batchelor of Science, of Newcastle, as New South Wales Rhodes scholar for 1947.
Stewart matriculated in engineer-ing in 1940 and then transferred to science in which he gained distinc-
tion.
He served with the Navy and, on discharge, returned to Sydney Uni-versity to complete his engineering course,