Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Pell, and Presidents three


Throughout his career, of course, Pell had many occasions to be with the commander-in-chief; two, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, who eulogized Pell at his funeral, were also personal friends. Here he is in the late 1970s with President Jimmy Carter, and past presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, whom Ford had pardoned for his Watergate transgressions.
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Friday, April 9, 2010

That different Pell look...


As the '70s progressed, Claiborne became increasingly known not only for his legislative accomplishments -- but also how he dressed which was, well, different. He wore his late father's clothes, even though Herbert was many sizes bigger, and when he took his daily jogs, he looked like... he looked like this. Running shoes, socks and shorts; topped with a suit jacket (I'm guessing from his Princeton days), and a shirt and tie. The chapter I am writing now gets into this other side of Pell in detail, and I am enjoying it immensely...