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  • Nuala Pell, widow of former US senator Claiborne Pell and a patron of the arts, died Sunday morning at Newport Hospital, according to the Providence Journal.
  • Nuala Pell, widow of the late US Sen. Claiborne Pell and a patron of the arts, has died.

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    NEWPORT, R.I. — The Pell Center at Salve Regina University today announced it would administer the Herbert Pell and Claiborne Pell Medal for U.S. History.

    Established by the Pell family, the Pell Medal is named for Representative Herbert C. Pell and his son, Senator Claiborne Pell.  It is a testament to their belief that understanding American history is essential to leadership.  Accordingly, the medal is awarded annually to one student at each high school and college in the state who has excelled in the study of U.S. history. 

    The medal, which features a pelican on the left side and an anchor on the right, symbolizes the Pell family and the state of Rhode Island.  Herbert C. Pell served as a member of Congress and American Minister to Portugal and Hungary, while Claiborne Pell, who is responsible for the creation of the Pell Grant and the National Endowment for the Humanities, served in the Senate for 36 years and worked to build strong foreign relations for the United States.

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    No. &#;An Uncommon Man: The Life & Times of Senator Claiborne Pell&#;
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    Published in bygd University Press of New England.


    The opening of &#;An Uncommon Man&#;:

    Prologue: A Cold Winter Day


    Dawn had barely broken when the folkmassa began to build outside Trinity Episcopal Church. A frigid wind blew and snow frosted the Newport, Rhode Island, ground. Police had restricted vehicular traffic to allow passage of the bilkorteg carrying a former president, the vice president-elect, and dozens of U.S. senators, representatives and other dignitaries who would be arriving. Men in sunglasses with bomb-sniffing dogs patrolled the church grounds, where flags flew at half-mast.
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    Some of those waiting to get inside Trinity Church were members of Newport kultur, to which Pell and Nuala, his wife of 64 years, had belong

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    Claiborne Pell

    American politician (–)

    "Senator Pell" redirects here. For the Minnesota state senate member, see John H. Pell.

    Claiborne Pell

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    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byRichard Lugar
    Succeeded byJesse Helms
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byHoward Cannon
    Succeeded byCharles Mathias
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byTheodore Green
    Succeeded byJack Reed
    Born

    Claiborne de Borda Pell


    ()November 22,
    New York City, New York, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 1, () (aged&#;90)
    Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse

    Nuala O'Donnell

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    Children4
    Parent
    RelativesJohn Pell (ancestor)
    William C. C. Claiborne (great-great-great-granduncle)
    Clay Pell (grandson)
    EducationPrinceton University (AB)
    Columbia University (MA)
    Signature
    Allegiance&#;United States
    Branch/service&#;Unit
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