Clay Pell
| Clay Pell | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Herbert Claiborne Pell IV November 17, 1981 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Kwan (2013–2017) |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
|
| Service/branch | United States Coast Guard Reserve |
| Rank | Lieutenant Commander |
| Unit | United States Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England |
Herbert Claiborne "Clay" Pell IV (born November 17, 1981) is an American lawyer, military officer, and politician. He is a lieutenant commander and judge advocate in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education in the United States Department of Education. He is the grandson of the late Senator Claiborne Pell. Pell ran an unsuccessful campaign for the 2014 Democratic Party nomination for Governor of Rhode Island, which he lost to Rhode Island State Treasurer Gina Raimondo.
Pell was born to Herbert C. Pell III and Eugenia Stillman Diehl Pell on November 17, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona. Pell is the grandson of the Senator Claiborne Pell and Nuala Pell (the granddaughter of A&P grocery chain founder George Huntington Hartford).
Pell attended The Thacher School and graduated in 2000. He also attended School Year Abroad's schools in Zaragoza, Spain (1999) and Beijing, China (2001). He graduated from Harvard College in 2005 with high honors and a bachelor's degree in Social Studies. Pell went on to graduate from Georgetown University Law Center with a J.D. Pell has received a Citation in Modern Standard Arabic. He graduated first in his class from the Coast Guard Direct Commission Officer School.
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