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    • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is founder, chairman and chief litigation counsel on leave for Children’s Health Defense. He is the founder of Waterkeeper Alliance — the world’s largest clean water advocacy group — and served as its longtime chairman and attorney. Kennedy’s reputation as a resolute defender of the environment and children’s health stems from a litany of hundreds of successful legal actions. Kennedy is a graduate of Harvard University. He studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School.  

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    Eulogy

    My Mother Ethel

    By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

    My mother was the sixth of the seven children of George and Ann Brannack Skakel. Her father grew up on a South Dakota homestead spread, never graduated high school, rode the rails to Chicago at age 14, and made a fortune in the carbon industry. He was a workaholic with a gift for numbers and a … Continue Reading