Editing Timothy Shriver (section)

{{Short description|American non-profit executive (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = 
| image              = Timothy Shriver by Slawek.jpg
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| caption            = Shriver in 2010
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1959|8|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religionfromtheheart/2008/03/opening_day_op.html|url-status=dead|title=Time Begins Again on Opening Day|last=Shriver|first=Timothy|date=March 31, 2008|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413182836/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religionfromtheheart/2008/03/opening_day_op.html|archive-date=April 13, 2008}}</ref>
| occupation         = [[Chair (official)|Chairman]] of [[Special Olympics]]
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Linda Potter|May 31, 1986}}
| children           = 5
| parents            = {{ubl|[[Sargent Shriver]]|[[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]]}}
| relatives          = [[Shriver family]] <br> [[Kennedy family]]
| education          = {{plainlist|
* [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[Catholic University of America]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
* [[University of Connecticut]] ([[PhD]])
}}
}}

'''Timothy Perry Shriver''' (born August 29, 1959) is an American disability rights activist, film producer, and former educator who has been Chairman of [[Special Olympics]] since 1996<ref>{{cite news |title=WPP appoints Timothy Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics, as non-exec director {{!}} WPP |url=https://www.wpp.com/news/2007/08/wpp-appoints-timothy-shriver-chairman-of-special |access-date=September 24, 2019 |publisher=WPP |date=August 8, 2007 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.specialolympics.org/Press/2013/Special_Olympics_Names_Janet_Froetscher_New_CEO.aspx |title=Special Olympics: Special Olympics Names Janet Froetscher New CEO |access-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016065929/http://www.specialolympics.org/Press/2013/Special_Olympics_Names_Janet_Froetscher_New_CEO.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://community.travelchinaguide.com/forum2.asp?pp=&i=39786&page=1 Inspiring Theme Song – Sports – China Travel Community<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and is the founder<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://unite.us/about |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=UNITE |language=en-US}}</ref> of UNITE. He is a member of the prominent [[Shriver family|Shriver]] and [[Kennedy family|Kennedy families]], as the third child of [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]] (who founded the Special Olympics), and [[Sargent Shriver]], who helped found the [[Peace Corps]].