About J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2023, Fulbright is the longest-serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his strong multilateralist positions on international issues, opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War, and the creation of the international fellowship program bearing his name, the Fulbright Program. In 1930, Fulbright met his first wife, Philadelphia socialite Elizabeth Kremer Williams, at a dinner party during a business trip to Washington, D.C. Fulbright earned a history degree from the University of Arkansas in 1925, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Fulbright received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1934, was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, and became an attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S.
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