United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Lewis, Boyd, 1944-1972View of Vice Presidential nominee Sargent Shriver at a press conference during a campaign stop at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (1915- ) is an attorney who became the first director of the Peace Corps in 1961 and served in that capacity until 1966. He also served as the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to 1968 and as the United States Ambassador to France for two years. In 1972, Sargent Shriver became George McGovern's Vice Presidential running mate. Shriver later sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1976.image/jpegVIS 101.530.028ahc101530028.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History CenterPoliticiansPolitics and government--United StatesPolitical campaignsPress conferencesGovernment officials--United StatesShriver, Sargent, 1915-Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.)Sargent Shriver Press ConferenceStillImage