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Ted Sorensen

Ted SorensenAKA Theodore Chaikin Sorensen

Born: 8-May-1928
Birthplace: Lincoln, NE

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
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 (lieutenant governor of Nebraska)
Wife: Gillian Martin Sorensen (4 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
    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:
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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