Eunice Kennedy Shriver DSG (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) founded Camp Shriver, the precursor to the Special Olympics, in 1962. In 1968, she founded the Special Olympics.
She was a member of the Kennedy family and actively campaigned for her elder brother, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, during his successful 1960 U.S. presidential election. Her husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., is a former United States Ambassador to France, the founder of the Peace Corps, and was the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Their daughter, Maria Shriver, is married to actor and current California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Repost by me circa 2005. Don't hurt yourselves rubbing too hard on this one boys
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