Eunice Kennedy Shriver

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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
Zurab Tsereteli with Eunice Kennedy Shriver (right)
Born July 10, 1921 (age 85)
Flag of United States Brookline, Massachusetts
Spouse Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
Parents Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Rose Kennedy

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (born July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts), USA, is a member of the Kennedy family. Her father was Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and her mother was Rose Kennedy. The fifth of nine children, she graduated from Stanford University in 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science/Social Thought. On May 23, 1953 she married Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., who was U.S. ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970 and Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 1972. They had five children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Robert Sargent Shriver III April 28, 1954 Yale Law School graduate and former part-owner of Baltimore Orioles
Maria Owings Shriver November 6, 1955 TV anchorwoman and wife of California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Timothy Perry Shriver August 29, 1959 Chairman of Special Olympics
Mark Kennedy Shriver February 17, 1964 Democratic politician who served as a member of the House of Delegates in the Maryland legislature for eight years. In 2002 made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Congress
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver July 20, 1965 Activist for the mentally retarded and chairman of Best Buddies International, a friendship program for people with intellectual disabilities.

Shriver actively campaigned for her older brother John F. Kennedy and supported Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful bid for governor of California in 2003. She helped Ann McGlone Burke nationalize the Special Olympics movement in 1968 and is the only living woman whose portrait appears on a U.S. coin, the 1995 commemorative Special Olympics Silver Dollar. Shriver grew up and owns a home in the fabled Kennedy Compound. Upon the death of Rosemary Kennedy on January 7, 2005, Eunice Kennedy became the oldest surviving child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. She is noted for her excellent health.



 
 
 
 
James Kennedy
(c. 1770 - c. 1840)
 
Maria Kennedy
(c. 1775 - 1835)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patrick Kennedy
(c. 1823 - 1858)
 
Bridget Murphy
1824 - 1888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mary L Kennedy
(1851-1926)
 
Joanna L Kennedy
(1852-1926)
 
John Kennedy
(1854-1855)
 
Margaret M Kennedy
(1855-1929)
 
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
(1858 – 1929)
 
Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy
(1857 – 1923)
 
John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
(1863 – 1950)
 
Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald
(1865 – 1964)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frederick Harold Fitzgerald
(1904 – 1935)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
(1888 – 1969)
 
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
(1890 – 1995)
 
Mary Agnes Fitzgerald
(1882 – 1936)
 
Thomas Acton Fitzgerald
(1895 – 1968)
 
John Francis Fitzgerald
(1897 – 1969)
 
Eunice Fitzgerald
(1900 – 1923)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
(1915 – 1944)
 
John F. Kennedy
(1917 – 1963)
 
 
Rosemary Kennedy
(1918 – 2005)
 
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
(1920 - 1948)
 
 
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
(born 1921)
 
 
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
(1924 - 2006)
 
 
Robert F. Kennedy
(1925 – 1968)
 
 
Jean Kennedy Smith
(born 1928)
 
 
Ted Kennedy
(born 1932)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(1929 - 1994)
 
 
 
 
 
 
William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
(1917 – 1944)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan Bennett Kennedy
(born 1936)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arabella Kennedy
(1956 - 1956)
 
Caroline Kennedy
(born 1957)
 
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
(1960 – 1999)
 
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
(1963 - 1963)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kara Kennedy
(born 1960)
 
Edward Kennedy, Jr.
(born 1961)
 
Patrick J. Kennedy
(born 1967)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sargent Shriver
(born 1915)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen Edward Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert Sargent Shriver III
(born 1954)
 
Maria Shriver
(born 1955)
 
Timothy Perry Shriver
(born 1959)
 
Mark Kennedy Shriver
(born 1964)
 
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver
(born 1965)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Lawford
(1923 – 1984)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen Edward Smith, Jr.
 
William Kennedy Smith
(born 1960)
 
Amanda Mary Smith
 
Kym Maria Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christopher Lawford
(born 1955)
 
Sydney Maleia Lawford
 
Victoria Francis Lawford
 
Robin Elizabeth Lawford
 
 
 
 
 
Ethel Skakel Kennedy
(born 1928)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rory Kennedy
(born 1968)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
(born 1951)
 
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
(born 1952)
 
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
(born 1954)
 
David Kennedy
(1955 – 1984)
 
Courtney Kennedy Hill
(born 1956)
 
Michael Kennedy
(1958 – 1997)
 
Kerry Kennedy
(born 1959)
 
Christopher George Kennedy
born 1963)
 
Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
(born 1965)
 
Douglas Harriman Kennedy
(born 1967)
 
 
 


Preceded by
William Cohen
Theodore Roosevelt Award (NCAA)
2002
Succeeded by
Donna de Varona

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