Theodore C. Sorensen

(1928- ) born in Lincoln. Lawyer, presidential adviser, speechwriter, author, administrative assistant to John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963, researched information for Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage (Harper 1956), chief strategist and policy maker for Kennedy's presidential campaign, served as Special Counsel to the U.S. President and was credited with some of Kennedy's most notable speeches, including the 1961 inaugural address. Consult Current Biography (1961) 434-436 and Nebraska Humanities Council Magazine, Vol 6, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 1996) 1-5.

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