This morning, former President Clinton and Vice-President-Elect Biden eulogized former Sen. Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, who served six terms in the U.S. Senate from 1961 to 1997. He was well-known as the primary sponsor and most vigorous advocate of a number of major grant programs, including the student financial aid grants which now bear his name but also the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
NYT Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/us/politics/02pell.html
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