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January 5, 2009 |
 Senator Claiborne Pell (1961-1997)
College students across the nation have lost a steadfast champion in their struggle to finance their education. Claiborne Pell died January 1st.
US Senator Claiborne de Bora Pell, Rhode Island-D, for whom the college financing grants program is named, died on New Year’s Day. He served in the US Senate for thirty-six years, from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1997. Senator Pell was known as a long time advocate of expanding higher education opportunity in America by providing money to prospective and continuing college students. «Read the rest of this article»
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