Pell, Claiborne de Borda (11/22/1918-1/1/2009)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Businessman, U.S. Senator, diplomat
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: Pell was a strong advocate for creating a center for museum object conservation research and training, now the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education.

Subject

  • Pell, Claiborne 1918-
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress
  • Senator
  • Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
  • Democrat Regents
  • Museum Conservation Institute

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Senator (Democrat)

State

Rhode Island

Notes

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States (from the first through the one hundredth Congresses, March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1989, inclusive). Bicentennial Edition. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989; International Who's Who, 53rd edition, 1989-1990. London: Europa Publications, 1989.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 01/24/1977-03/02/1978

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Politicians
  • Diplomacy
  • Diplomats
  • Regents
  • Rhode Island

Place

  • Rhode Island
  • United States

Form/Genre

Biographies

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