Background
Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy was born on July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Joseph P. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
Foundation administrator social worker volunteer
Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy was born on July 10, 1921 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Joseph P. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1943. Student, Manhattanville College of Sacred Heart. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Manhattanville College of Sacred Heart, 1963.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), D'Youville College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Regis College, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Newton College, 1973.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brescia College, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Holy Cross College, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Princeton University, 1979.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Boston College, 1990. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Santa Clara, 1962. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1996.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cardinal Strich University, 2002.
With special war problems division United States Department State, 1943—1946. Secretary National Conference on Prevention & Control of Juvenile Delinquency United States Department Justice, 1947-1948. Social worker Federal Penitentiary for Women, Alderson, West Virginia, 1950, House of Good Shepherd & Juvenile Court, Chicago, 1951-1954.
Executive vice president Joseph P. Kennedy, Junior Foundation. Regional chairman women's division Community Fund-Red Cross Joint Appeal, Chicago, 1958. Founder, Chief Executive Officer Special Olympics, 1968—1990, founder, honorary chairman, 1990—2009.
Consultant to President John F. Kennedy's Panel on Mental Retardation, 1961. Founder Community & Caring, Inc., 1981. Member Chicago Commission on Youth Welfare, 1959-1962.
Member board Special Olympics International.
Co-chairman women's committee Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1956.
Married Robert Sargent Shriver, Junior, May 23, 1953. Children: Robert Sargent III, Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger, Timothy Perry, Mark Kennedy, Anthony Paul Kennedy.