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Former Vermont Senator Robert Stafford Dies, Was Vocal Champion Of Student Loan Program and Environmentalist
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 23, 2006 09:41pm |
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| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Sunday, December 24, 2006 03:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MONTPELIER, Vt. — Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
Stafford was surrounded by family at a Rutland nursing home when he died at 9:30 a.m., said Neil Houston, his former chief of staff.
Stafford served two years as governor, 11 years in the House and 17 in the Senate before retiring in early 1989.
As ranking Republican on the Senate's environment committee, Stafford repeatedly defended the Superfund program to clean up contaminated sites and shepherded bills combating acid rain and automobile pollution.
In 1988, Congress saluted his dedication to education measures, renaming the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan program. The low-interest loans are now known almost universally as Stafford loans to the millions who qualify for them each year. |
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