He may have gotten close to gaining a Rhodes scholarship but never achieved it . Big deal.
In this talk he was on a self boasting trip trying to justify himself as being an acknowledged academically trained bible scholar .
He wasn't
He was a part of a group men who were at the top of the WTS. who together set about to sell and promote the literature they published.
In the end It was all an act of corrupt charlatanism that is still lingering on in the new technically updated JWorg.