History
At the request of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Congress established the NICHD in 1962. President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, had been an advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities with help from the family pediatrician Robert E. Cooke, pushed for research that focused on disorders pertaining to human development. In 1961 Dr. Cooke chaired a task-force on child health and growth; the task-force's report was given to congress, which then established the NICHD the following year.
The Institute was renamed after Shriver by Congress in December, 2007.
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