Clarence Dickinson Long, PhD (December 11, 1908 – September 18, 1994), known as "Doc Long", was a
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who represented the 2nd congressional district of
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from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1985. 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
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was recounted in the film
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, in which Long was played by
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. Long was defeated for re-election by Republican
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in 1984.
Long was born in
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. He received his
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from Washington and Jefferson College in 1932, and his master's degree and PhD from
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in 1935 and 1938, respectively. He also served in the
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during World War II. He is a former member of the United States
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to the President (1953–54 and 1956–57) and in the 1930s was a professor of economics at
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.