Sargent Shriver

Sargent Shriver

(1915–2011) jurist United States

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Sargent Shriver (1915–2011) was a United States jurist.

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.

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Awards:

Presidential Medal of Freedom|Order of the Smile|Purple Heart|Pacem in Terris Award|Laetare Medal|Christopher Award|Grand Gold Decoration of Styria|Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want|James Cardinal Gibbons Medal

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