Shriver, Sargent
Sargent Shriver was an American politician and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, founded the Job Corps, Head Start and other programs as the “architect” of Johnson’s “War on Poverty” and served as the U.S. Ambassador to France.
During the 1972 U.S. presidential election, he was George McGovern’s running mate as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Vice President, replacing Thomas Eagleton, who had resigned from the ticket.