Photographs, 1961 - 1963
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Peace Corps (U.S.)
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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...
Muñoz Marín, Luis, 1898-1980
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Luis Muñoz Marín, a Puerto Rican writer and political leader, was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico. His father, Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859-1916), was elected in 1910 as Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in Washington, D.C. Muñoz Marín was a strong advocate of increased autonomy for Puerto Rico, while believing that the island should maintain its economically beneficial ties with the United States. He was governer from 1949 to 1965, and was the principal founder of the Commonwealth (...
Byrd, William Henry, 1923-2008
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William Henry Byrd was born on October 6, 1923. Byrd worked as a high school teacher and a mountain climbing guide prior to his time working in the Peace Corps. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara recruited Byrd in 1961 to run the Peace Corps training camps in Puerto Rico. Byrd served as director of the training camps until 1963 when he moved back to Eugene, Oregon, and worked as a legal investigator, and later ran the Outward Bound School. William Byrd died August 11, 2008, in Eugene, Orego...
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011
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Robert Sargent Shriver (b. 1915-d. Jan. 18, 2011), brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, businessman, government official, and diplomat, was Assistant General Manager, Merchandise Mart from 1948 to 1961. During and after the Kennedy administration, her served as the Director of the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1966, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to 1968, and Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1968. Shriver later served as Ambassador to Franc...
