EUNICE MARY KENNEDY SHRIVER
Name: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born: 10 July 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (born July 10, 1921) is a member of the Kennedy
family and founder of the Special Olympics. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts,
she was the fifth of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
In 1944, Eunice Kennedy graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of
Arts in Social Science/Social Thought. On May 23, 1953 she married Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr. at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Sargent
became the United States Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970 and the
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in 1972. Eunice and Sargent had five
children and seventeen grandchildren, the second most of any of the children of
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy, second only to her brother, Robert F.
Kennedy, who has eleven children and thirty-two grandchildren:
Name Birth Occupation
Robert Sargent Shriver III April 28, 1954 former part-owner of the 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 the Special Olympics
Mark Kennedy Shriver February 17, 1964 Democratic member of Maryland's House of
Delegates (1995-2003).
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.
Eunice actively campaigned for her older brother John F. Kennedy during the 1960
United States presidential election, and in 1968, she helped Ann McGlone Burke
nationalize the Special Olympics movement and is the only living woman whose
portrait appears on a U.S. coin, the 1995 commemorative Special Olympics silver
dollar. In 2003, she supported her son-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful
bid for governor of California.
Upon the death of her sister, Rosemary Kennedy, on January 7, 2005, Eunice
became the oldest of the four then surviving children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.
Her younger sister Patricia Kennedy Lawford died on September 17, 2006. Eunice
has suffered several health setbacks in recent years, and on November 18, 2007,
she was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital. She spent several weeks
at the hospital. On January 28, 2008, she was present at American University
when Senator Ted Kennedy announced his endorsement of Barack Obama's
presidential campaign.
Name: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born: 10 July 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (born July 10, 1921) is a member of the Kennedy
family and founder of the Special Olympics. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts,
she was the fifth of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
In 1944, Eunice Kennedy graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of
Arts in Social Science/Social Thought. On May 23, 1953 she married Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr. at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Sargent
became the United States Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970 and the
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in 1972. Eunice and Sargent had five
children and seventeen grandchildren, the second most of any of the children of
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy, second only to her brother, Robert F.
Kennedy, who has eleven children and thirty-two grandchildren:
Name Birth Occupation
Robert Sargent Shriver III April 28, 1954 former part-owner of the 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 the Special Olympics
Mark Kennedy Shriver February 17, 1964 Democratic member of Maryland's House of
Delegates (1995-2003).
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.
Eunice actively campaigned for her older brother John F. Kennedy during the 1960
United States presidential election, and in 1968, she helped Ann McGlone Burke
nationalize the Special Olympics movement and is the only living woman whose
portrait appears on a U.S. coin, the 1995 commemorative Special Olympics silver
dollar. In 2003, she supported her son-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful
bid for governor of California.
Upon the death of her sister, Rosemary Kennedy, on January 7, 2005, Eunice
became the oldest of the four then surviving children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.
Her younger sister Patricia Kennedy Lawford died on September 17, 2006. Eunice
has suffered several health setbacks in recent years, and on November 18, 2007,
she was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital. She spent several weeks
at the hospital. On January 28, 2008, she was present at American University
when Senator Ted Kennedy announced his endorsement of Barack Obama's
presidential campaign.