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    Claiborne Pell

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  1. 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)
  2. About Senator Pell. Beginning in 1960, Sen. Claiborne de Borda Pell was elected to six terms representing his home state of Rhode Island. During his years of service, he made historic contributions in international relations, higher education, environmental protection and global resource preservation, and government support of the arts ...

  3. Jan 2, 2009 · Jan. 1, 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...

  4. Claiborne Pell. Claiborne de Borda Pell was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972...

  5. Jan 1, 2009 · (CNN) -- Former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, who was largely responsible for the Pell grant program for U.S. college students, died Thursday morning at his Rhode Island home, his family said....

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  7. Jan 1, 2009 · NEWPORT, Rhode Island — Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens...

  8. Jan 2, 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...

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