County Executive Proposes Naming Aquatic Center in Honor of Shrivers

The names of the late R. Sargent Shriver and his wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver will live on throughout the nation as philanthropists, passionate leaders and dedicated parents. Now their names could live on through a local aquatic center, too. 

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett issued public notice on Wednesday of his proposal to rename the Montgomery Aquatic Center in North Bethesda in honor of the Shrivers, who lived in Potomac for more than two decades.

“Naming this world class aquatic center for the Shrivers would appropriately honor the lives and memory of these two remarkable, community-minded individuals,” Leggett said in a news release on Wednesday. “The Shrivers were avid swimmers and were renowned for opening their home and pool to disabled and disadvantaged children for fun and exercise and for Eunice Shriver’s beloved Special Olympics activities.”

R. Sargent Shriver, a former Peace Corps director and vice presidential nominee, and his at . Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of the late president John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died in 2009.

The County Executive appointed an Ad Hoc Naming Committee to review the proposal and receive and consider public comments, according to the release. The committee will then make a final recommendation to Leggett based on comments and input from the public as well as the County Council.

Anyone interested in submitting a public comment should contact Kathleen Boucher, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer by May 13.