Friday, January 21, 2011

R. Sargent Shriver remembered at wake in DC (AP)

FILE - In this June 19, 1996 file photo, President Clinton embraces R. Sargent Shriver in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday June 19, 1996 during a ceremony to honor the 35th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Shriver was named the first director of the Peace Corps by President John F. Kennedy. Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose singular career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the 'War on Poverty' and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.  He was 95.   (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson, File)AP - R. Sargent Shriver, the ever-upbeat Kennedy in-law who served as the nation's first Peace Corps director and later led a national assault on poverty, was remembered Friday evening as an energetic idealist who left a legacy of public service.


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