Sargent Shriver
Politician
1915 – 2011
Who was Sargent Shriver?
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr. was an American statesman and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, founded the Job Corps, Head Start and other programs as the "architect" of Johnson's "War on Poverty" and served as the United States Ambassador to France. During the 1972 U.S. presidential election, he was George McGovern's running mate as the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Vice President, replacing Thomas Eagleton who had resigned from the ticket.
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1915
Westminster - Also known as
- Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
- Sarge
- Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.
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- Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr.
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver
(1953/05/23 - 2009/08/11)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Yale Law School
- Canterbury School
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Died
- Jan 18, 2011
Bethesda
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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