Clarence Long, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clarence Long

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1908

Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1994

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Clarence Dickinson "Doc" Long, Jr.
(December 11, 1908 – September 18, 1994) was a Democratic U.S.
Congressman who represented the 2nd congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1985. Long was born in South Bend, Indiana.
He received his bachelor's degree from Washington and Jefferson College in 1932, and his master's degree and PhD from Princeton University in 1935 and 1938, respectively.
He also served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He was a former member of the United States Council of Economic Advisers to the President (1953–54 and 1956–57) and in the 1930s was a professor of economics at Wesleyan University and later Johns Hopkins University (1946-1963). Long became Chairman of the subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the House Appropriations Committee.
In this role he supervised the foreign aid budget.
Long's support for the anti-Soviet Mujahideen was recounted in the film Charlie Wilson's War, in which Long was played by Ned Beatty.
Long was defeated for re-election by Republican Helen Delich Bentley in 1984.