    
Title: Arlen Specter Description: Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930- ), American politician; senior Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; holds conservative views on crime, gun control, and national security; holds liberal views on abortion rights, immigration, and the environment; selected by Time magazine in 2006 as one of America's ten best senators; announced in 2009 that after forty-four years as an elected Republican, he was returning to the Democratic party because he was increasingly "at odds with the (current) Republican philosophy;" has been chairman of Senate committees on intelligence, veterans affairs, and the judiciary; his Jewish parents emigrated from Russia to the U.S. in 1911; served stateside in the U.S. Air Force (1951-1953) during the Korean War; was treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2005 and 2008, and as of November 2009 was in remission; Category: Art Topic: Illustrations Subject: Personalities Keywords: cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Korean War, Pennsylvania, politicians, senators, U.S. Air Force, U.S. senators, wars, (Illustration by Eduardo Lopez). Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2400 x 3124 (7.50 MPixels) (1.30) Print Size: 20.3 x 26.4 cm; 8.0 x 10.4 inches File Size: 21.48 MB (22,526,268 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000039078c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
