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Ted Sorensen

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American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928-2010)

United StatesWritersLived 1928 to 2010 · aged 82
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was the primary speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood bank".

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White House photo of Sorensen during the Kennedy administrationWhite House photo of Sorensen during the Kennedy administrationTed Sorensen in 2009Ted Sorensen in 2009

Awards 2

2009National Humanities Medal
1966honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury

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Silvia CartwrightAlso won honorary doctor of the University of CanterburyArt LinkletterAlso won National Humanities MedalVincent WardAlso won honorary doctor of the University of CanterburyJames McBrideAlso won National Humanities MedalNgaio MarshAlso won honorary doctor of the University of CanterburyBill MoyersAlso won National Humanities Medal

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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was the primary speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood bank". With Sorensen's assistance, Kennedy would later pen Profiles in Courage, for which he won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. He also assisted in Kennedy's inaugural address and drafted Lyndon Johnson's "Let Us Continue" speech following Kennedy's assassination.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2010 · aged 82
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18 languages

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