Robert Sargent Shriver III (born April 28, 1954) is an American activist, attorney, and journalist. He was a member of the

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from 2004 to 2012, serving as mayor pro tem in 2006 and as mayor during part of 2010. A member of the

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, he is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former Senators Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy.

Early life and education

Shriver was born at

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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

, Illinois, to

Sargent Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creatio ...

(1915—2011) and

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) was an American philanthropist and a member of the Kennedy family. She was the founder of the Special Olympics, a sports organization for persons with physical and intellectual disa ...

(1921—2009), the first of their five children. His siblings are,

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(born 1955), Timothy (born 1959),

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(born 1964) and

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(born 1965). Bobby attended

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, where he was a member of the Scroll and Key Society. He graduated with a

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with ''

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'' honors. He graduated from

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with a J.D. in 1981.

Business career and philanthropy

After graduating from law school, Shriver clerked for a year for

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Stephen R. Reinhardt Stephen Roy Reinhardt (born Stephen Roy Shapiro; March 27, 1931 – March 29, 2018) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Los Angeles, California. He was the last federal ...

at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California. He then moved to New York City to work in a

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to start-up company, startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth poten ...

business at James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. Along with father Sarge,

Eli Jacobs Eli Solomon Jacobs (born October 5, 1937) is an American financier and attorney, member of the National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office and the former owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 1993. Rise to succ ...

, and

Larry Lucchino Lawrence Lucchino (born September 6, 1945) is an American lawyer, best known as an executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as president of the Baltimore Orioles, president/ CEO of the San Diego Padres, and president/CEO of ...

, Bobby was an investor from 1989 to 1993 in the

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, a professional-baseball team based in

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. Shriver is an attorney. He is also president of RSS Inc., a Beverly Hills, California

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, film and

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company. (The letters RSS are Shriver's initials.) In 1987, he produced a prime-time television feature about the

Special Olympics Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in ...

, an organization for disabled young people and founded by his mother in 1968. This and subsequent productions have raised in excess of

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55 million for the Special Olympics program. He has also produced several films, including ''

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'' (1994), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger – whose ex-wife is Shriver's sister,

Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, a member of the Kennedy family, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to ...

. In 2002, Shriver was a co-founder – with U2 lead singer Bono – of

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(Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa), a multinational,

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whose purpose is to obtain

social equality Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within a specific society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and ...

and

justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

for

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through

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; adjust

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

rules which burden Africa; eliminate the African AIDS epidemic; and strengthen

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with more accountability by the wealthiest nations and African leaders with transparency towards the people. With Shriver's involvement, DATA, in turn, was one of the founding organizations in 2004 of the ONE Campaign, a U.S.-based,

non-partisan Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party. While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of ''partisan'' includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in most cases, nonpartisan refers s ...

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which aims to increase U.S. government funding for and effectiveness of international-aid programs. In 2006, he and Bono also co-founded (RED) to bring the world's biggest companies into the fight against AIDS and generate money for

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (or simply the Global Fund) is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to "attract, leverage and invest additional resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, ...

. To date, (RED) has generated over $700M and impacted over 245 million lives.

Political career

California State Parks and Recreation Commission

After Schwarzenegger became the Governor of California in 2003, he reappointed Shriver as chairman of the

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overseeing the state's parks and gardens. He had first been appointed by prior California Governor Gray Davis. In 2005, Shriver, the commission chairman, and Clint Eastwood, the commission vice chairman, led a commission panel in its unanimous opposition to a six-lane,

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically ...

that would cut through

San Onofre State Beach San Onofre State Beach (''San Onofre'', Spanish for " St. Onuphrius") is a state park in San Diego County, California. The beach is south of San Clemente on Interstate 5 at Basilone Road. The state park is leased to the state of California by ...

(north of

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) that includes

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, a collection of surfing spots – one of

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's most-cherished. Shriver and Eastwood also supported a 2006 lawsuit to block the toll road and urged the California Coastal Commission to reject the project, which it did in February 2008.Young, Samantha.
"Schwarzenegger removes his brother-in-law and Clint Eastwood from Calif. parks panel"
. ''

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'' (via ''

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''). March 20, 2008. Accessed May 28, 2008. In March 2008, Shriver and Eastwood, whose terms had expired, were not reappointed. The

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(NRDC) asked for a legislative investigation into the decision not to re-appoint Shriver and Eastwood, citing their opposition to the toll-road extension.Staff writer (March 22, 2008
"Group wants probe into governor's removal of Eastwood, Shriver"
. ''

'' (via ''

''). Accessed May 28, 2008. Schwarzenegger's

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appointing Alice Huffman and Lindy DeKoven to replace Shriver and Eastwood makes no mention of a reason for the commission change.Press Release: Press release (May 23, 2008).
"Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments"
- Office of the Governor, State of California. Accessed May 28, 2008.(May 23, 2008)
"Schwarzenegger names replacements for parks panel"
- ''

'' (via ''

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''). Accessed May 28, 2008.

Santa Monica City Council

In November 2004 Shriver ran for, and was elected to, a seat on the Santa Monica City Council. He stated that he decided to run for the seat after a dispute with the city over the height of the

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s at his home. He was one of thirteen candidates for four at-large council seats and received 23,260 votes, or 16.5 percent, of the vote. The other three winning candidates received 16,710, 14,475, and 13,408 votes. He ran for re-election in 2008, again in a race in which thirteen candidates were running for four open seats. He again received the most votes, although he won by a smaller margin over the candidate receiving the second-most votes. Shriver received 24,298 votes, or 18.56 percent of the vote. The other three winning candidates received 20,232, 19,145, and 17,202 votes. Shriver's second term ended November 2012. In March 2009 Shriver was reported to be considering becoming a candidate in the

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. He did not run, and

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, the Democratic candidate, was elected Attorney General.

Candidacy for Los Angeles County Supervisor

On January 21, 2014, the ''

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'' reported that Shriver launched his campaign for Los Angeles County supervisor. Shriver was defeated by former state senator Sheila Kuehl.

Personal life

He married Malissa Feruzzi on May 7, 2005.Staff writer (2005-15-08).
"JFK nephew Bobby Shriver weds"
''

'' (via ''

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''). Accessed August 13, 2009. They have two daughters, Natasha Hunt Lee (born 1997) and Rosemary Kennedy Shriver (born 2009).

Awards

In 2007, Shriver receive

The Advertising Club's ''Silver Medal Award''—also known as the Advertising Person of the Year Award—for his work with (RED). The annual award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the advertising industry, furthering industry standards, demonstrating creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. In February 2008, he was honored with amfAR, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS's Award of Courage for his outstanding contribution to

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research and awareness.

References

External links

Santa Monica City Council
Santa Monica City Council official website
Shriver biography
on Santa Monica City Council official website
"#17 President - Product Red"
portal to

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Early life and education

Business career and philanthropy

Political career

California State Parks and Recreation Commission

Santa Monica City Council

Candidacy for Los Angeles County Supervisor

Personal life

Awards

See also

References

External links