Date of Birth
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10-July-1921
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Place of Birth
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Brookline
(Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Eunice Mary Kennedy, Eunice Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, DSG
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Profession
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Social Worker, Film Producer
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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, DSG was a member of the Kennedy family, sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the founder in 1962 of Camp Shriver which started on her Maryland farm known as Timberlawn and, in 1968 evolved into the Special Olympics. Her husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., was United States Ambassador to France and the Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election.
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