| Ted Sorensen  AKA Theodore Chaikin Sorensen
Born: 8-May-1928
Birthplace: Lincoln, NE
Gender: Male
Religion: Unitarian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Attorney
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Aide to JFK Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy, whom he served for 11 years. Father: C. A. Sorensen (b. 1890, d. 1959)
Mother: Annis Chaikin Sorensen (b. 1888, d. 1970)
Brother: Robert Sorensen
Brother: Thomas C. Sorensen (b. 31-Mar-1926, d. 5-Nov-1997)
Sister: Ruth Sorensen Singer
Brother: Philip Sorensen (Lt. Governor of Nebraska)
Wife: Gillian Martin Sorensen (four children)
Daughter: Juliet
University: BS Law, University of Nebraska (1949)
Law School: LLB, University of Nebraska (1951)
Al Franken for Senate
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Council on Foreign Relations Board Member
Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Senior Advisory Committee
Obama for America
Order of the Coif
Partnership for Public Service Board of Governors
Partnership for a Secure America Advisory Board
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Author of books:
Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History (2008, memoir)
Why I am a Democrat (1996, Henry Holt and Company)
A Different Kind of Presidency: A Proposal for Breaking the Political Deadlock (1984, Harper & Row)
Decision Making in the White House: The Olive Branch or the Arrows
Watchmen in the Night: Presidential Accountability after Watergate (1975, MIT Press)
The Kennedy Legacy
Kennedy (1965)
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