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Claiborne Pell
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.
==Early years==
Claiborne Pell was born on November 22, 1918 in New York City,〔William H. Honan, New York Times, (Claiborne Pell, Ex-Senator, Dies at 90 ), January 1, 2009〕 the son of Matilda Bigelow and diplomat and congressman Herbert Pell. He attended St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island〔J. Y. Smith, Washington Post, (Former R.I. Senator Claiborne Pell, 90; Sponsored Grant Program ), January 2, 2009〕 and received an A.B. in history from Princeton University in 1940.〔United Federation of Postal Clerks, (Union Postal Clerk and the Postal Transport Journal ), Volumes 60-62, 1964, page 23〕 While at Princeton, he was a member of Colonial Club and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, and played on the rugby team.〔Princeton Alumni Association, (Princeton Alumni Weekly ), Volume 74, (March 19, 1974), page 44〕
After graduating, Pell worked as an oil field roustabout in Oklahoma.〔G. Wayne Miller, (An Uncommon Man: The Life & Times of Senator Claiborne Pell ), 2011, page 66〕 He then served as private secretary for his father, who was United States Ambassador to Portugal. At the start of World War II he was with his father, who was then United States Ambassador to Hungary. Claiborne Pell drove trucks carrying emergency supplies to prisoners of war in Germany, and was detained several times by the Nazi government.
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