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8 ott 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 ott 2024 · With the successes of the Peace Corps fresh in his mind and the potential of the War on Poverty ahead of him, Shriver spoke in a holistic way about our potential as human beings to create a more stable, peaceful nation and world.
6 giorni fa · “If you minimize, or tend to disbelieve that human dignity is under attack world-wide, you haven’t even read the morning newspapers.”
20 set 2024 · Both high-powered individuals, Shriver’s father Sargent helped establish the Peace Corps, Head Start, and was the architect of the War on Poverty, while his mother Eunice founded the Special Olympics.
27 set 2024 · Publications. The Call: The Spiritual Realism of Sargent Shriver; Spiritualizing Politics without Politicizing Religion; Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
3 giorni fa · In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon and Agnew were re-elected for a second term, defeating Senator George McGovern and his running mate Sargent Shriver in one of the largest landslides in American history.
6 giorni fa · In 1953, she married Robert Sargent Shriver (1915 - 2011), an American diplomat and politician. Shriver helped create the Peace Crops, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president...
