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Claiborne de Borda Pell GCC GCM (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997.
- 1941–1945 (active), 1945–1978 (reserve)
Claiborne de Borda Pell (* 22. November 1918 in New York City; † 1. Januar 2009 in Newport, Rhode Island) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat Rhode Island im US-Senat vertrat.
Learn about the life and legacy of Sen. Claiborne de Borda Pell, who served in the U.S. Senate for 34 years and made historic contributions in international relations, higher education, environmental protection and government support of the arts. He was the author of the Pell Grant legislation that provides federal funds for low- and middle-income students and the driving force behind the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
2. Jan. 2009 · Claiborne Pell, the quirky, patrician former senator from Rhode Island who created the college grant program that bears his name and wrote the legislation that established the National...
1. Jan. 2009 · Pell, a Democrat, died at his Newport home just after midnight, according to his former assistant, Jan Demers. Pell was first elected to the Senate in 1960. The skinny son of a New York ...
1. Jan. 2009 · Claiborne Pell, the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 90.
2. Jan. 2009 · Claiborne Pell, the six-term U.S. senator who created a program that helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, has died. He was 90. His family noted that the Rhode Island senator ...
