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    Sargent Shriver

    American diplomat, politician and activist

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  1. 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.

  2. Apr 8, 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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  3. 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...

  4. R. Sargent Shriver. Robert Sargent Shriver was born on November 9, 1915 in Westminster, Maryland to Robert and Hilda Shriver. After graduating from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, which he attended on a full scholarship, Shriver spent the summer in Germany as part of the Experiment in International Living, returning in the ...

  5. 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”...

  6. Peacebuilder, Public Servant. In a career of public service and civic leadership spanning the second half of the 20th century, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (“Sarge”) confronted a range of seemingly intractable conflicts that at times pitted Americans against each other, and at others the United States against other nations.

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  8. Civil Rights. From positions of power throughout his career, Sarge championed the civil rights of dignity, opportunity, and justice for all. Political Leadership. In his roles as public servant and citizen diplomat, Sarge is an icon of skilled and effective progressive political leadership. Peace Corps.

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