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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.2679.1.2
Sargent ShriverUnited States, 1915 - 2011

President of the Chicago Board of Education (1955-1960)

1st Director of the Peace Corps (1961-1966)

Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1968)

United States Ambassador to France (1968-1970)

Democratic Presidential Candidate (1976)

President of the Chicago Board of Education (1955-1960)

1st Director of the Peace Corps (1961-1966)

Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1968)

United States Ambassador to France (1968-1970)

Democratic Presidential Candidate (1976)

Sargent Shriver was one of the primary founders of the Peace Corps and served as its first director from 1961 to 1966. Under the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, Shiver was appointed the first Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1964 and later served as the U.S. Ambassador to France in 1968. Shriver ran for the Democratic presidential nomination briefly in 1976 but dropped out after the first round of primaries.

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VISTA Tie Bar
1970.24.294
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LBJ Postcard
1970.35.109
1969
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How About Taking a Page out of Sarge Shriver's Book...
1973.1.965
Jim Berry
ca. November 1967
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One Thing More, Men!...
1973.1.852
L. D. Warren
ca. December 1967
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Y'all Come Back Naow, Heah?...
1973.1.1082
San Bernardino Sun-Telegram
ca. August 1972
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That's as Much I Can Do for You, Fellows...
1973.1.1202
Edmund (Ed) S. Valtman
ca. August 1972
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You're a General Now, Sargent--Lead the Attack!
1973.1.663
Jim Berryman
ca. March 1964
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