Sargent Shriver died this week. Brother in law to the Kennedy's this man was a man in his own right. Married to Eunice Shriver he was JFK's Director of his landmark program Peace Core. With his wife Eunice he founded the Special Olympics, a program his son Tim currently runs. Vista Volunteers and the Peace Core are also programs that he was involved with.
Maria Shriver is his daughter.
Shriver ran with George McGovern as his Vice Presidential candidate in 1972.
Friends and family say that for Shriver politics was a means to an end, not a betterment for him but for the world. In his case it is actually possible to believe him.
Perhaps in the entire Kennedy orbit this man was the best role model of all.
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