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==Early life and education== Timothy Shriver was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Sargent Shriver]], a former [[United States Ambassador to France]] and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party's]] vice-presidential candidate in 1972, and [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], the founder of [[Special Olympics]]. He was raised as a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423140112/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religionfromtheheart/2008/04/proud_to_be_catholic.html Proud to Be a Catholic]</ref> along with his siblings, [[Bobby Shriver]], [[Maria Shriver]], [[Mark Kennedy Shriver|Mark Shriver]], and [[Anthony Shriver]]. He is a member of the [[Kennedy Family]] through his mother, [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], a younger sister of President [[John F. Kennedy]]. He is also a part of the prominent [[Shriver family]] since his ancestor [[David Shriver]] was a delegate of Frederick County, Maryland, who signed the Maryland Constitution and Bill of Rights at Maryland's Constitutional Convention of 1776. Shriver graduated from [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2D8163BF93BA35751C1A963948260 |title=Linda Potter To Wed Timothy Shriver β New York Times |date=December 8, 1985 |access-date=June 26, 2008 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> He received his B.A. from [[Yale University]] in 1981, his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in religion and [[religious education]] from [[The Catholic University of America]] in 1988,<ref>[http://alumni.cua.edu/Recognition/NotableAlumni.cfm The Catholic University of America Office of Alumni Relations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and his Ph.D. in education from the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1996. He participated in the 1997 class of the [[Young Global Leaders|Global Leaders for Tomorrow]] program hosted by the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 1997 |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1997.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914231237/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GLT_ClassOf1997.pdf |archive-date=2014-09-14 |website=[[World Economic Forum]]}}</ref>
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