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Eunice Kennedy Shriver

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American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921-2009)

United StatesAthletesLived 1921 to 2009 · aged 88
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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. S.

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Shriver in 1980Shriver in 1980Shriver speaks at March 3, 2008, ceremony in her honorShriver speaks at March 3, 2008, ceremony in her honorShriver is featured on the 1995 Special Olympics World Games silver dollar.Shriver is featured on the 1995 Special Olympics World Games silver dollar.Shriver and husband, Sargent, in 1999Shriver and husband, Sargent, in 1999

Awards 16

2011Elizabeth Blackwell Award
2002Theodore Roosevelt Award
2001Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
2001Silver Olympic Order
1999honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1998National Women's Hall of Fame
1988Laetare Medal
1984Presidential Medal of Freedom
1966Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
Grand Gold Decoration of Styria
Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Want
Order of the Smile
James Cardinal Gibbons Medal
Order of Honour (Styria)

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About this person

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. She was a sister of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, U.S. senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith.

Country
United States
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2009 · aged 88
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