**FILE**In this July 1, 1992 file photo, Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., attend a mark-up session of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee holding hearings on legislation on writing abortion rights into federal law,in Washington, D.C. Former six-term Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell has died after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. He was 90. Pell, a Democrat, is best known for the grant program in his name that has helped millions attended college. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)