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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family.
Jun 28, 2024 · R. Sargent Shriver (born November 9, 1915, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.—died January 18, 2011, Bethesda, Maryland) was an administrator, diplomat, first director (1961–66) of the U.S. Peace Corps, and Democratic nominee for the U.S. vice presidency in 1972.
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Learn about the life and achievements of R. Sargent Shriver, the husband of Eunice Kennedy and the founder of the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty. Explore his military service, his diplomatic career, and his relationship with John F. Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle.
Jan 18, 2011 · R. Sargent Shriver, the Kennedy in-law who became the founding director of the Peace Corps, the architect of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty, a United States ambassador to France ...
Jan 20, 2011 · Shriver was the driving force behind the Peace Corps, the international service programme that was among the most successful federal initiatives of the Kennedy Presidency.
Mar 13, 2014 · R. Sargent Shriver, a lawyer who served as the social conscience of two administrations, launching the Peace Corps for his brother-in-law, President Kennedy, and leading the “war on poverty ...
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Jan 18, 2011 · Sargent Shriver, the first US Peace Corps director, Democratic vice-presidential candidate and brother-in-law to President John F Kennedy, dies aged 95.
