Timothy Shriver | |
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Born |
Timothy Perry Shriver August 29, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence | Chevy Chase, Maryland U.S. |
Alma mater |
Yale University (B.A.) The Catholic University of America (M.A.) University of Connecticut (Ph.D.) |
Occupation | Chairman of Special Olympics |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Linda Potter |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) |
Sargent Shriver Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
Relatives |
Bobby Shriver (brother) Maria Shriver (sister) Mark Shriver (brother) Anthony Shriver (brother) see Kennedy family |
Timothy Perry Shriver (born August 29, 1959) is Chairman of Special Olympics.
Timothy Shriver was born to Sargent Shriver, a former United States Ambassador to France and the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate in 1972, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics. He was raised as a Catholic along with his siblings, Bobby Shriver, Maria Shriver, Mark Shriver, and Anthony Shriver. He is a member of the Kennedy Family through his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Shriver graduated from St. Albans School. He received his BA from Yale University in 1981, his M.A. in religion and religious education from The Catholic University of America in 1988, and his PhD in education from the University of Connecticut in 1996.
Shriver spent 15 years in public education—some in special education—as a teacher. He served as a high school teacher in the New Haven, Connecticut public school system, and as a counselor and teacher in the University of Connecticut branch of the Upward Bound program for disadvantaged youth. He became a Fellow at the School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center.