It is with profound sorrow that we mourn the passing of our friend R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., one of the nation’s—indeed, the world’s—finest and most accomplished champions of peace and progress. Throughout an exemplary and compassionate life dedicated to the highest ideals of equal opportunity for all and the greater promise of humanity, Sargent Shriver served with distinction in a truly extraordinary number of capacities. In such benchmark roles as the first director of the Peace Corps and the leader of the Center for the War on Poverty, and as founder of such essential organizations as Special Olympics, Head Start and VISTA, he led by conviction, by brilliance and by example. War hero, husband, father, activist, leader and great American, R. Sargent Shriver, Jr. represented the very best of what we all hope to achieve. His inspiration as a man of uncompromising principle lives on. We offer our deepest condolences to his children, Robert, Maria, Timothy, Mark and Anthony.
-- Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, CEO and Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
