Talk:Sargent Shriver/Archive 1

Special Olympics

The Sarge is really old now, but he's still alive, and leads up the Special Olympics --Kosebamse 22:07 26 May 2003 (UTC)

Initial work

I know little about this man, but I've made an attempt at salvaging some material from the above and from other Wikpedia articles which mention him. Please could someone more knowledgeable check what I have written? -- Oliver P. 22:32 26 May 2003 (UTC)

Ah, someone else saves the day yet again. :) -- Oliver P. 22:34 26 May 2003 (UTC)

I'm not any more knowledgeable, but you've done a really good job transforming the material. -- Someone else 22:35 26 May 2003 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I'd heard of him before, but only as part of the strange Kennedy family/Schwarzenegger genealogical link, which to my warped mind was reason enough to write about him. :) -- Oliver P. 22:47 26 May 2003 (UTC)

Ahh - WikiDevotion. Thanks for the rewrite - I would hardly have bothered. Kosebamse 22:40 26 May 2003 (UTC)

David Shriver

Moved this bit: " He is a direct descendant of a signer of the Bill of Rights, David Shriver." because [1] the Bill of Rights wasn't signed. [2] I can't find any alternative document signed by a David Shriver it might have been confused with . - Nunh-huh 00:29, 2 May 2004 (UTC) Title of article: The article belongs where it started, at the name most commonly used for this man, Sargent Shriver. So I've moved it back. - Nunh-huh 23:43, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Image

This article could use a more dignified photo of Shriver for the top of the page. The TIME magazine cover could work later in the article, but it shouldn't be the first thing readers see. Funnyhat 03:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Argeed

Any reason we need to make him look more dignified? It seems odd to worry that he isn't venerated enough in his article. --TheGrza 14:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

"Ebullshit personality"

Wow. Bullshit was just sitting in the middle of this page for 70-odd edits, almost a full year. Good eye.--TheGrza 06:02, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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With the death of Thomas Eagleton on March 4, 2007, Shriver became the earliest living person to have run on either major party ticket for President or Vice-President furthest in the past.

--What does this mean? I can't figure it out. Demonstah (talk) 13:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

I added a cleanup tag to the timeline. Timelines aren't the way to do biographies; it shold be in standard paragraph form. -R. fiend (talk) 02:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

George McGovern

I don't understand the grammar of a comment at the bottom of the Sargent Shriver entry "With the death of Thomas Eagleton on March 4, 2007, Shriver became the earliest living person to have run on either major party ticket for President or Vice-President furthest in the past." But it seems to imply that George McGovern is dead, which, as is demonstrable from frequent comments that McGovern makes to the press, he clearly is not. Or does the comment merely indicate that Shriver is older than McGovern? Since he was also older than Eagleton, that explanation would still confuse me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mulcaster (talk • contribs) 20:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Mass/Alzheimer's

"Shriver is a devout Catholic who attends daily mass and carries a rosary with well-worn wooden beads."

The reference for this fact dates from 2002. Since it is subsequently reported that Shriver has advanced Alzheimer's, can we presume that his daily attendance is no longer the case? Even if he still attends, it is unlikely to be under his own volition, so the relevance is debatable. AuntFlo (talk) 07:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Chicago period

When JFK tapped Shriver to head up the Peace Corps, Shriver was superintendant of the Chicago public school system. Anyone have info. on how he went from the Merchandise Mart to the public schools? 138.162.128.53 (talk) 13:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Which month in 1968?

Which month in 1968 did he become an ambassador, and travel to France? The main article would be more informative if there were some explanation as to why and when he was sent to France as an ambassador. 216.99.198.122 (talk) 08:30, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

He was sworn in on May 7. See [1] The reasons for his appointment may be harder to determine. Diplomatic appointments to friendly countries are often done as political favors, though there is no proof of that in this case. --Crunch (talk) 13:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC)