Gordon Keith Chalmers, a Rhodes scholarship awardee, entered Mount Holyoke College, where he earned a masters degree and his Ph. D.
Awarded a Rhodes scholarship, he attended Wadham College at Oxford University for three years, earning his Bachelor's degree in 1928 and his Masters degree in 1934. Returning to the United States, he entered Harvard University, where he earned a masters degree and his Ph.D. 
