[DOC] [TLE] Sargent Shriver - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver Jr. was an American politician and activist. As the 
husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving 
in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Shriver was the driving force 
behind the creation of the Peace Corps, ... When brother-in-law John F. Kennedy 
ran for president, Shriver worked as a... [DOC] [TLE] Peace Corps - Wikipedia [PAR] The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. 
The stated ... From 1961 to 2015, nearly 220,000 Americans have joined the 
Peace Corps .... President Kennedy in a speech at the White House on June 22, 
1962, ... Kennedy appointed his brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, to be the 
program's first... [DOC] [TLE] R. Sargent Shriver, Kennedy In-Law and Peace Corps Founding ... [PAR] Jan 18, 2011 ... Mr. Shriver was the architect of President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on ... Sargent 
Shriver, Former Peace Corps Director, Dies ... He had been in hospice care in 
recent months after his estate in Potomac, Md., was sold last year. ... As a 
Kennedy brother-in-law, Mr. Shriver was bound inextricably to one of the... [DOC] [TLE] Peace Corps - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum [PAR] Through the Peace Corps, President John F. Kennedy sought to encourage 
mutual ... asked his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, to direct a Peace Corps 
Task Force. ... The Peace Corps was established by executive order on March 1, 
1961, and a ... On his first trip abroad as director, he received invitations from 
leaders in... [DOC] [TLE] Sargent Shriver obituary | US news | The Guardian [PAR] Jan 19, 2011 ... His brother-in-law, President John F Kennedy, whom Shriver had first met at 
school, appointed him the first chief of the Peace Corps, which sends ... 
developing countries, and which he had created with Shriver's help in 1961. [DOC] [TLE] "R. Sargent Shriver dies at 95; 'unmatched' public servant and ... [PAR] Jan 19, 2011 ... He launched social programs including the Peace Corps, Head Start and the ... 
Peace Corps for his brother-in-law, President Kennedy, and leading the "war ... 
perhaps best be remembered as the founding director of the Peace Corps, ... 
Lewis Butler, a California lawyer, said Shriver called him in 1961 and... [DOC] [TLE] R. Sargent Shriver | American politician | Britannica.com [PAR] Administrator, diplomat, first director (196166) of the U.S. Peace Corps, and ... R
. Sargent Shriver Collection/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and ... When 
his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy ran for the presidency in 1960, Shriver ... In 
1964, after Kennedy's assassination, he accepted appointment as head of Pres. [DOC] [TLE] The Peace Corps: In Sargent Shriver's Words (Britannica Classic ... [PAR] Mar 1, 2011 ... Later that year, he appointed his brother-in-law R. Sargent. ... in 1961 a Peace 
Corps representative was appointed by the director to ... Photo credit: R. Sargent 
Shriver Collection/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and... [DOC] [TLE] Peace Corps at the University of Michigan: 50 Years [PAR] About two weeks later, in one of his final campaign speeches (delivered in San ... 
Two days later, Kennedy won the presidency and on March 1, 1961, he signed 
an ... wrote Sargent Shriver, JFK's brother-in-law and the Peace Corps' first 
director. ... Also, President Kennedy appointed him to a national task force 
charged with... [DOC] [TLE] Shriver, Robert Sargent | Learning to Give [PAR] When his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy ran for the presidency in 1960, Shriver 
... Shriver accepted appointment as head of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War 
on ... 1961-1966 Served as the organizer and first Director of the Peace Corps,... [DOC] [TLE] A Peace Corps History: A Speech delivered by Theodore Vestal ... [PAR] He chose his brother-

Question: In 1961 this president appointed his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver as director of the Peace Corps
Answer: John F. Kennedy