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Sargent Shriver



Shriver, Sargent (1915– ), U.S. politician, first Peace Corps director (1961–66), head of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964), ambassador to France (1968–70), and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for vice president (1972).



See also: Peace Corps.

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