Eunice Kennedy Shriver

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1921 – 2009

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Who was Eunice Kennedy Shriver?

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, DSG was a member of the Kennedy family, sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the founder in 1962 of Camp Shriver which started on her Maryland farm known as Timberlawn and, in 1968 evolved into the Special Olympics. Her husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., was United States Ambassador to France and the Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election.

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Born
Jul 10, 1921
Brookline
Also known as
  • Eunice Mary Kennedy
  • Eunice Shriver
  • Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
  • Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, DSG
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Caucasian race
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Science, Stanford University
    Social science
    ( - 1944)
  • Manhattanville College
Employment
  • Federal Prison Camp, Alderson
    (1950 - 1951)
  • House of the Good Shepherd
    (1951 - )
  • Chicago Juvenile Court
    (1951 - )
Lived in
  • Roehampton
  • Kennedy Compound
  • Hyannis
  • Chicago
Died
Aug 11, 2009
Hyannis
Resting place
Massachusetts

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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