Claiborne Pell

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Claiborne Pell was a long-serving U.S. senator from Rhode Island best known for championing federal financial aid for college students and sponsoring the legislation that created the Pell Grant program.

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Claiborne Pell canonical 3
Senator Claiborne Pell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party politician
United States senator
human
politician
awardReceived Legion of Honour
linked to: Légion d'honneur

Order of the British Empire
birthDate 1918-11-22
birthPlace New York
New York City
United States
chairpersonOf Senate Foreign Relations Committee
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States
deathDate 2009-01-01
deathPlace Newport
Rhode Island
United States
educatedAt Columbia University
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Princeton University
employer United States Senate
endTime 1997-01-03
familyName Pell
fieldOfWork foreign policy
higher education policy
givenName Claiborne
hasCauseOfDeath Parkinson's disease
knownFor championing federal financial aid for college students
creating the Pell Grant program
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Coast Guard
name Claiborne Pell
notableWork Pell Grant program
occupation author
diplomat
parent Herbert Pell
positionHeld United States Senator
religion Episcopalian
represented Rhode Island
residence Newport
Rhode Island
sponsored Higher Education Act amendments creating Pell Grants
spouse Nuala Pell
startTime 1961-01-03

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Federal Pell Grant Program namedAfter Claiborne Pell
Federal Pell Grant Program renamedInHonorOf Senator Claiborne Pell
linked to: Claiborne Pell
Claiborne Pell name Claiborne Pell