military officer
Sargent Shriver.
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
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About Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election.
Everything about Sargent Shriver →- Occupation
- military officer, lawyer, diplomat, politician
- Position held
- United States Ambassador to France, ambassador
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 9, 1915
- Died
- January 18, 2011