[1] New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, NY.
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)
White House Speechwriter
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Senior Partner
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
National Humanities Medal 2010
Stroke 22-Oct-2010
Stroke 2001
Risk Factors: Blindness
Author of books:
Decision-Making in the White House: The Olive Branch or the Arrows (1963, politics)
Kennedy (1965)
The Kennedy Legacy: A Peaceful Revolution for the Seventies (1969, biography)
Watchmen in the Night: Presidential Accountability After Watergate (1975, politics)
A Different Kind of Presidency: A Proposal for Breaking the Political Deadlock (1984, politics)
Why I Am a Democrat (1996, politics)
Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History (2008)