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Article: Obituary:William Fulbright
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 10, 1996
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James William Fulbright, politician: born 9 April 1905; member,
78th Congress for Third District, Arkansas 1943-45; Senator for
Arkansas 1945-74; Chairman, Senate Committee for Foreign Relations
1959-74; counsellor, Horgan & Hartston 1975-95; Hon orary KBE 1975;
married 1932 Elizabeth Kremer Williams (died 1985; two daughters),
1990 Harriet Mayor; died Washington DC 9 February 1995.
William Fulbright was one of the most prominent US senators of
the century. As chairman of the Senate Committee for Foreign
Relations he made himself a hero to peace activists in the 1960s
for his criticism of the "arrogance of power" displayed in the
Vietnam war.
He had first made the news in 1943, while a ...