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  Viewpoint: Sargent Shriver and the politics of life
Shriver, physically hale, intellectually alert, an attender of daily Mass and a carrier of a rosary with well-worn wooden beads, he can look back on four decades of public service and a record of successful innovation unmatched by any contemporary leader in or out of government.
Special Olympics, which Shriver and his wife of nearly 50 years have nurtured since 1968, and which their son Timothy, a Catholic University of America Ph.D., now runs, revolutionized and humanized the care of mentally disabled children and adults.
That Shriver has had a happy home life, and seen each of his five children embrace other-centered, not self-centered, lives, is one reason he was able to say once to a Peace Corps reunion audience: “The politics of death is bureaucracy, routine, rules, status quo.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/083002/083002s.htm   (1315 words)

  
  Robert Sargent Shriver Biography
A son of Maryland and a longtime advocate for the poor and the powerless, Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.
Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland, and spent his early childhood in the Baltimore area.
The Shriver Center at UMBC, named in honor of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver, was created in December 1993, with the mission of mobilizing the talents and resources of higher education to confront and solve the problems facing urban America today.
www.shrivercenter.org /about_rsshriver.html   (543 words)

  
 Finding Aid to the Personal Papers of Shriver_short_version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Robert Sargent Shriver was born on November 9, 1915 in Westminster, Maryland to Robert and Hilda Shriver.
Shriver maintained a link to the Experiment for International Living while in law school, and he led a third group of students to France in the summer of 1939, when World War II was just beginning.
Shriver next trained as a submariner, and on 13 March 1945 he was given the assignment of gunnery and torpedo officer on the USS Sandlance.
www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/fa_shriver_sargent_short.html   (10195 words)

  
 Library Opens the Papers of Sargent Shriver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sargent Shriver first met Eunice Kennedy, the sister of John F. Kennedy, upon his return from service in World War II to New York City, where he began working for her father, Joseph P. Kennedy, at JPK Enterprises in Manhattan.
Shriver was asked to work on a report about the feasibility of a volunteer corps that would work on projects in other countries.
Shriver, along with his small staff, traveled extensively throughout the United States, particularly where races were thought to be hotly contested, delivering speeches, hosting luncheons and dinners, participating in local community events, and garnering support for candidates.
www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/pr_shriver_papers.html   (1442 words)

  
 Sargent Shriver for President 1976 Campaign Brochure
For Shriver is determined to remove the "Palace Guard" from the White House and, once again, make the people the masters of their own fate and their own government.
Sargent Shriver will keep fuel prices down, even if it means requiring the oil giants to prove they shouldn't be broken up or restructured so they no longer control fuel distribution and prices from the oil rig to the gas pump.
Sargent Shriver will unite the common concerns of the American consumer and farmer in a concentrated effort to end the spiral of food prices -- up a whopping 62 percent under Nixon and Ford.
www.4president.org /brochures/shriver1976brochure.htm   (1312 words)

  
 R.Sargeant Shriver
Sargeant Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland, and graduated from Yale Law School in 1941.
Under President Johnson, Shriver was appointed director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, a post he retained from 1964 to 1968.
Shriver was George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential campaign, after Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket.
www.multied.com /Bio/people/Shriver.html   (132 words)

  
 Book is tribute to Shriver | www.azstarnet.com ®
Shriver holds a new biography by Scott Stossel, a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly with whom Shriver is friendly.
When Shriver finally ran for office, with limited support from the Kennedys, the results were embarrassing: He was George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 election, when the Democrats lost in a landslide to Richard Nixon.
Sargent Shriver attended Yale University (the Kennedys were Harvard men), where he played varsity basketball and headed the Yale Daily News.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/18480   (891 words)

  
 Review of a Biography of Sargent Shriver
The book explains the complicated relationship of Shriver with the Kennedy family, showing his loyalty to the Kennedys even at times at the cost of his possible election to high political office.
Shriver has, like More, a strong Catholic piety and belief, a commitment to family, a gift for leadership, high ideals, and a spirit of service to both friends and country that has been at times sacrificial to his own interest.
Shriver's example is of great importance for our own day because it demonstrates that it is possible to bring strong Christian convictions to political debate and action within the great multiplicity of possible answers to concrete social problems, both domestic and international.
www.catholicity.com /mccloskey/shriver.html   (444 words)

  
 Sargent Shriver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shriver served as U.S. ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970, becoming a quasi-celebrity among the French for bringing what Time magazine called "a rare and welcome panache" to the normally staid world of international diplomacy.
Shriver is a devout Catholic who was known as one of the most observant members of the Kennedy family.
Shriver is a descendant of David Shriver, who signed the Maryland Constitution and Bill of Rights at Maryland's Constitutional Convention of 1776.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sargent_Shriver   (1039 words)

  
 CNN.com - Eunice Shriver recovers from hip surgery - August 21, 2002
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- founder of the Special Olympics, sister of Sen. Edward Kennedy and the mother of broadcast journalist Maria Shriver-- is recovering from surgery for a fractured hip, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Shriver is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
In 1953 she married Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps and the Democratic Party's candidate for vice president in 1972.
archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/21/kennedy.shriver   (259 words)

  
 Biofiles: Maria Shriver
Shriver was born in Chicago in 1955 to two very political parents.
Her father, Sargent Shriver, is a former ambassador and a former candidate for the U.S. Vice-Presidency.
Shriver, an acclaimed journalist, resigned from NBC to assume her new duties as the First Lady of California.
www.historyguy.com /biofiles/shriver_maria.html   (494 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver: Books: STOSSEL S,Scott Stossel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In spite of his accomplishments, Shriver has often been labeled a "lightweight." His good looks, family connections, aura of celebrity and super-salesmanship all were burdens as well as blessings, conveying the impression that he lacked the political instincts and intellectual capacity to win power on his own and wield it with authority.
While Shriver was interested in the inner cities and welcome in rural villages or presidential palaces overseas, he was out of place among workaday Americans and didn't win a single primary when he sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976.
Sargent Shriver may have first entered public eye as the brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy and he may and leave it as father-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
www.amazon.com /Sarge-Life-Times-Sargent-Shriver/dp/1588341275   (2178 words)

  
 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Sargent R. Shriver
It was Sarge Shriver's energy, persuasion, and leadership that made the goals of the Peace Corps attainable -- that living reminder that the essence of American power is not might of arms, but constancy of ideals and perseverance of effort.
Shriver is married to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, daughter of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the Founder and Honorary Chairman of Special Olympics and the Executive Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
www.medaloffreedom.com /SargentShriver.htm   (1999 words)

  
 News & Events | University to Award Honorary Degree to Sargent Shriver
Shriver, who was chairman of the board of Special Olympics from 1990 to 2003 and was president of the organization from 1984 to 1990, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor, by President Bill Clinton in recognition of Shriver’s long and distinguished record of statesmanship and humanitarianism.
From 1961 to 1966, Shriver served as the organizer and first director of the Peace Corps, where he developed volunteer activities in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Shriver was the U.S. Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970.
www.hartford.edu /newsevents/releases/details.asp?id=551   (414 words)

  
 'Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver' by Scott Stossel
Working for four presidents over six decades, R. Sargent "Sarge" Shriver founded the Peace Corps, launched the War on Poverty, created Head Start and Legal Services for the Poor, co-started the Special Olympics with his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and served as ambassador to France.
Yet from the moment he married Joseph P. Kennedy's daughter Eunice in 1953, Shriver had to navigate a difficult course between independence and family loyalty that tended to obscure his incredible achievements.
Shriver's myriad historical legacies are testaments to the power of his vision and his ability to inspire others.
www.oprah.com /tows/booksseen/200404/tows_book_20040429_sstossel.jhtml   (197 words)

  
 Sargent Shriver to Receive American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award
Shriver and seven other recipients will be honored at a gala dinner on March 30th at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Later he served as President of the Chicago Board of Education, and in 1961, Shriver was asked by President John F. Kennedy to organize and direct a volunteer program for young American’s to help citizens in underdeveloped nations.
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is named after him.
www.ffhsj.com /pressreleases/shriver_lifetime_award.htm   (310 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | Sargent Shriver and the Birth of the Peace Corps
Shriver encouraged as much argument as possible, having learned from watching Joe Kennedy that the best way to reach a smart decision was to listen to each point-of-view articulated by its most ardent proponent-if possible in open debate with that point-of-view’s most ardent opponent-and then weigh in his mind the pros and cons of each.
Shriver was incredibly demanding of his team’s time and energy, but every time they seemed on the verge of collapse, he would spur them on with an inspiring peroration.
Shriver’s energy was the fuel the Peace Corps ran on; his optimism was the oxygen it breathed.
peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/2629/2024714.html   (5260 words)

  
 Sargent Shriver modeled activism based in faith National Catholic Reporter - Find Articles
Shriver's faith, of course, is deeply rooted in the American Catholic tradition.
The Shrivers, like other Catholics, were thrilled by the 1928 presidential campaign of Democrat A1 Smith and saddened by the anti-Catholic bigotry that helped defeat him.
Today, the works of Sargent Shriver are a cogent reminder that long before there was a Moral Majority or a Christian Coalition, there was a different and far more progressive tradition of religion in public life.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1141/is_38_40/ai_n6197372   (790 words)

  
 Schwarzenegger.com - Activist - Special Olympics
Shriver, Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Special Olympics, has compiled an unparalleled record of public service at every tier, from the local level to the world community, and those present were eager to pay him tribute.
In addition to his work for Special Olympics, Shriver has led the creation and development of an astounding number of agencies and initiatives that continue to benefit people around the world.
“Sargent Shriver’s career is the best exemplification of the spirit of this institution.” Wolfensohn has made sustainable poverty reduction the World Bank Group’s overarching mission.
www.schwarzenegger.com /en/activist/specialolympics/so_en_Sargent_Shriver.asp?sec=activist&subsec=specialolympics   (752 words)

  
 A Special Tribute to R. Sargent Shriver: ABCD Community Awards Dinner 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sargent Shriver, the first director of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity and the Peace Corps, with Bob Coard, President/CEO of ABCD, and David Bradley, Executive Director, National Community Action Foundation (NCAF), prior to his address at the NCAF conference in Washington, D.C. in 1988.
In commemoration of this significant anniversary, ABCD is honored to pay tribute to R. Sargent Shriver for his supreme advocacy and significant contributions in providing the poor and powerless in communities across America and around the globe with opportunities for education, work, decent housing and an environment in which they can live with dignity.
Another huge contribution by Shriver is his leadership role in Special Olympics, where he directed the operation and international development of this important sports program for physically and developmentally challenged people around the world.
www.bostonabcd.org /community-awards-dinner/tribute.htm   (460 words)

  
 Shriver, Robert Sargent - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SHRIVER, ROBERT SARGENT [Shriver, Robert Sargent] 1915-, U.S. public official, b.
Westminster, Md. A lawyer, he served in World War II and was (1945-46) an assistant editor of Newsweek magazine before joining the business enterprises of his future father-in-law, Joseph P. Kennedy.
The most lasting Kennedy legacy: how Eunice Shriver and her family changed the world for the mentally retarded.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-shriver.html   (359 words)

  
 U.S. Sports Academy Presents the Eagle Award to Sargent Shriver
Thomas P. Rosandich, President and CEO of the United States Sports Academy, today presented the Eagle Award to Sargent Shriver, Chairman of the Board Emeritus of the Special Olympics, which was founded by Shriver’s wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
In 1984, Shriver was elected President of the Special Olympics where he directed the operation and international development of sports programs worldwide.
The relationship between Shriver and Dr. Rosandich goes back to 1962 when Dr. Rosandich was serving as the Chief National Coach in Indonesia.
www.ussa.edu /news/2004/02/04/01shriver.asp   (525 words)

  
 Sargent Shriver
In June, Shriver stepped down as Chairman of Special Olympics and was appointed Chairman Emeritus in recognition of his long service and dedication to the Movement, which he continues to serve as an ambassador of optimism and good will.
Shriver is married to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, daughter of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the Founder and Honorary Chairman of Special Olympics and the Executive Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
www.specialolympics.org /Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/About_Us/Leaders/Sargent+Shriver.htm   (743 words)

  
 The Call to Service
Acampaign-trail legend from 1972 places Sargent Shriver, the dashing Democratic candidate for the vice presidency and the former director of the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty, in Youngstown, Ohio, chatting up voters in a working-class tavern.
Shriver is his usual genial self, and seems to be connecting with the assembled steelworkers, who will form part of a vital voting bloc in the general election.
Not to be outdone, Shriver eagerly joins the chorus: "Make mine a Courvoisier!" For Congressman Tip O'Neill, who had been traveling with Shriver, this faux pas was the last straw.
www.theatlantic.com /unbound/interviews/int2004-04-09.htm   (336 words)

  
 Shriver Center - Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Guided by the Urban Land Institute and supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Preservation Compact has brought together leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to craft a new vision for Cook County—to reverse the downward trend in Cook County’s affordable rental housing supply by 2020.
The Shriver Center is a partner organization to the Preservation Compact plan.
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is a national law and policy center that takes action to end poverty through policy development, communications, and impact litigation.
www.povertylaw.org   (282 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Scott Stossel and Bobby Shriver discuss the political idealism and civic engagement of the 1960s as exemplified by the inspiring and influential career of Sargent Shriver.
Shriver' feature film credits include the 1994 box-office hit "True Lies," which he executive produced from a story he found and developed.
Shriver is a Director of The Crossroads at Antigua Foundation, Chairman of the California State Parks and Recreation system, Chairman of DATA Foundation Inc. and a Santa Monica City Councilman.
www.sbpca.org /shriver.htm   (788 words)

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