Aloha Eunice Shriver

Both Eunice Shriver and her husband Sarge have left enormous legacies and powerful, for-the-good brands.

He left us the Peace Corps and the possibility that we could one day have peace on the planet.. because we, the richest people in the world, would reach out to others one by one to help. My Aunt who just died at 99 joined the Peace Corps when she was 60 and had retired from Women's

Wear Daily. She went to Yemen to teach office skills to young women. Later, in her 80's, she worked for Save the Children.

Eunice leaves behind her special cause, Special Olympics, which grew from a summer camp in her backyard to an organization that touched the whole world. In 1987, when we were on the Board of Special Olympics in Hawaii, the Chicago Tribune's Bob Verdi wrote this: "Must be that this isn't reality with all its attendant cynicism and cutthroat mentality. Must be that this is different, a friendlier spot than the Persian Gulf or the Iran-contra hearings or even the other Olympics, the one where amateurs take steroids to build their muscles and quiet cash to build their trust funds. Must be that this is purer than all the other form of athletics that call themselves genuine...And as you drive back to a hot Chicago...you are asking yourself ... Exactly who is handicapped here? Them or us?"

Rest easy, Mrs. Shriver. You were blessed to be a blessing. And you were.