Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and was best known as the sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid funding to American college students. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Rhode Island's longest serving senator.
Christopher Pell, Dallas Pell Yates, Julia Pell, Herbert Pell III
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[response to being asked in a 1996 interview how the BEOG grant program came to be known as the Pell Grant. Actually, the name was officially changed to Pell Grant in 1980 by his colleagues in Congress.] Because there was no Senator Beog!
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He wrote the legislation that established the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Four months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Coast Guard. He served on convoy and patrol duty in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He retired from the Reserve in 1978 as a captain.
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Democrat U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. Term of service: 3 January 1961 - 3 January 1997.
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Sponsor of the legislation that created the Pell Grant program, which provides financial aid to college students.
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United States Senator from 1960-1996, and son of Congressman Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. Introduced legislation in 1972 for a program to help underprivileged youngsters attend college, nicknamed "The Pell Grant".
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Former representative who represented the State of Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives.
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