Claiborne Pell - Early Years

Early Years

Pell attended St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and received an A.B. in history from Princeton University in 1940. While at Princeton, he was a member of Colonial Club, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, and played on the rugby team.

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