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R. Sargent Shriver

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver 1961.jpg
Shriver circa 1962
21st U.S. Ambassador to France
In office
April 22, 1968 – March 25, 1970
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Charles E. Bohlen
Succeeded by Arthur K. Watson
1st Director of the OEO
In office
October 16, 1964 – March 22, 1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Office Created
Succeeded by Bertrand Harding
1st Director of the Peace Corps
In office
March 22, 1961 – February 28, 1966
President John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Office Created
Succeeded by Jack Vaughn
Personal details
Born Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.
(1915-11-09)November 9, 1915
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.
Died January 18, 2011(2011-01-18) (aged 95)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Eunice Kennedy
(m. 1953; her death 2009)
Relations Katherine Schwarzenegger (granddaughter)
Patrick Schwarzenegger (grandson)
Children
Parents Robert Sargent Shriver Sr.
Hilda Shriver
Education
Profession Attorney
Religion Roman Catholicism
Awards Purple Heart Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch U.S. Navy
Years of service 1941–1945
Rank Lieutenant
Battles/wars World War II

Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver Jr. (/ˈsɑːrənt ˈʃrvər/; November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American politician 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 U.S. Ambassador to France.

During the 1972 U.S. presidential election, he was George McGovern's running mate as the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President, replacing Thomas Eagleton, who had resigned from the ticket.

Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland, the younger son of Robert Sargent Shriver Sr. (1878–1942) and his wife Hilda (1883–1977), who had also been born with the surname "Shriver" (they were second cousins). Sarge's elder brother was Thomas Herbert Shriver (1911–1989). Of partial German ancestry, Shriver was a descendant of David Shriver, who signed the Maryland Constitution and Bill of Rights at Maryland's Constitutional Convention of 1776. He spent his high school years at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, which he attended on a full scholarship. He was on Canterbury's baseball, basketball, and football teams, became the editor of the school's newspaper, and participated in choral and debating clubs. After he graduated in 1934, Shriver spent the summer in Germany as part of The Experiment in International Living, returning in the fall of 1934 to enter Yale University. He received his bachelor's degree in 1938 in American Studies, having been a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter) and the Scroll and Key Society. He was chairman of the Yale Daily News. Shriver then attended Yale Law School, earning an LL.B. degree in 1941.


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