An Uncommon Man: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell

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311 Index Adolph, Jonathan, 263 AFL-CIO support for Pell, 20, 33, 174 afterlife evidence, Pell’s interest in, 7–8, 225–27, 236–39 Agnew, Spiro, 146, 164 Aldrich, Nelson, 22 Alexander, Janet (Mrs. T. H. Pell) (daughter-in-law), 205–6, 238, 246, 292 Alexander, John B., 231 Alvarez, Everett, Jr., 132 Americans for Democratic Action, 111 Amtrak (high-speed rail), 113, 133, 269, 279 ancestry, Pell’s obsession with, 7, 13, 96–97, 205–8 Antone, Sister M. Therese, 287 A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), 14, 81 Archambault, Raoul, Jr., 15, 26, 28–32 Argo (Coast Guard cutter), 72–73 Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment subcommittee , 139 arms control agreements, 266. See also nuclear arms control agreements arts and humanities initiative, 3, 118–23, 283 astrology, Reagan’s and Schneider’s interest in, 234, 255 Auchincloss, Hugh D., 93 Auchincloss, Jane Lee (née Bouvier), 93 Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, 93 Aukerman, James V., 217 Bailey’s Beach Club, 24, 79 Baker, Alan L., 160 Baker, Leonard S., 208 Bakst, M. Charles, 181, 200, 219 Ballard, Lockett Ford, 107 Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (EOG) program. See Pell Grants Bay of Pigs invasion, 101 Beard, Edward P., 203 Berger, Arthur S., 237 Berlin Crisis (1961), 108–10 Bessell, Peter J., 210, 211 Bianco, Dorothy, 24 Biden, Joseph: criticism of European response to Bosnian conflict, 270; Foreign Relations Committee restructuring , 266; on negative campaigning, 221; Pell’s befriending of, 191–93; on Pell’s character, 194, 197, 216–17, 245; at Pell’s funeral, 2, 4–6; on Pell’s last election race, 251; on Pell’s passion for education, 152–53; tribute to Pell on Senate floor, 279–80 Biffle, Leslie F., 95 Bigelow, Anson (uncle), 35 Bigelow, John, 41 Bigelow, Matilda (Mrs. H. Koehler) (mother). See Koehler, Matilda Pell (née Bigelow) Bigelow, Mildred (Olive) (Mrs. H. C. Pell, Jr.) (stepmother), 35, 41, 42, 86, 215 Bigelow, Nelson Pendleton (grandfather), 34 Bigelow, Poultney, 41 Bo, Mai Van, 136–38, 150 Boggs, Caleb, 114 Bohlen, Charles E., 137 Bosnia conflict, 270–71, 278 312 ❒ i n d e x Bouvier, Jane Lee (Mrs. H. D. Auchincloss ), 93 Brahmin in Revolt: A Biography of Herbert C. Pell (Baker), 208 Bratislava, Slovakia assignment, 90 Brewster, Kingman, 121 Briggs, Ruth M., 126 Brooke, Edward, 180 The Browning School, New York, 47 Bryce, Josephine Hartford, 268 Buckley School, New York, 39 Bundy, William, 136 Burkhardt, Frederick, 121 Bush, Barbara, 254 Bush, George H. W., 8, 217–18, 249, 254, 258 business investment ideas, 64, 92, 93–94 busing issue in higher education bill, 151, 154, 160–72 Butler, Paul, M., 98 Byrd, Robert C., 247, 279 Cahill, Mary Beth, 257 Califano, Joseph, Jr., 153 Cambodia, U.S. invasion of, 146 Campbell (Coast Guard cutter), 74 Capelotti, P. J., 213 car accident, Pell’s injury in (1992), 268 Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., 94 Carlucci, Frank, 247 Carney, John, 21 Carter, Jimmy, 200, 287 Castro, Fidel, 199, 249 Catholic vote in Rhode Island, 29–31 Center for Applied Anomalous Phenomena , 229 Chafee, John H.: busing issue and education bill, 167; death of, 291; decision not to run against Pell (1966), 125–26; local economic issues, 191, 268; vs. Pell (1972), 167, 172–77, 180–87; Pell on, 133–34; on Quonset Point naval base closure, 191; as Secretary of the Navy, 148; senate victory (1976), 199 Challenge of the Seven Seas (Pell), 139 Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act (1991), 266 Cheney, Richard, 240, 261 childhood and early education, 39–52, 54 Chisolm, Shirley, 162, 166 Christianson, Geryld B., 266 Christopher, Warren, 270 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 224 Church, Frank, 135, 190 Cianci, Vincent A., Jr. “Buddy,” 199 civility, Pell’s call for, 281–82 civil rights, Pell’s support for, 17 Civil Rights Act (1964), 154 Claiborne, John Francis (greatgrandfather ), 38 “The Claiborne Pell Story,” 24 Clark, Joseph, 118 Clinton, Hillary, 294 Clinton, William J., 2, 3–4, 270, 272, 273, 275 Coast Guard, U.S., 3, 70–77, 85, 86–87, 214 Cold War: Berlin Crisis, 108–10; as challenge to arts funding, 120; Cuba, 101, 199; Czechoslovakia, Pell’s post-WWII assignment, 89, 90–91; ending of, 249–50, 267–68; Hungarian Revolution (1956), 30, 99; Kennedy’s inauguration speech, 102; Pell on, 110, 250; Pell’s balanced position on, 16–17; psychic weapons speculation, 229, 234–35; Vietnam and, 116, 131. See also nuclear arms control agreements college education, Pell’s, 52–65 college education initiatives. See...