Theodore Chaikin "Ted" Sorensen was an American presidential advisor, lawyer and writer, best known as President John F. Kennedy’s special counsel, adviser and legendary speechwriter. President Kennedy once called him his “intellectual blood bank.” Sorensen was born in Nebraska, the son of Christian A. Sorensen, a Danish American and Nebraska Attorney General , and Annis Sorensen, who was of Russian Jewish descent. He graduated from Lincoln High School . He earned a Bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and attended law school there, graduating first in... his class. In January 1953, the 24 year-old Sorensen became the new United States Senator John F. Kennedy's chief legislative aide. "The most important aide [Kennedy] ever hired" became a talented mimic of the senator's writing. He authored many of Kennedy's articles and speeches. Sorensen was President Kennedy's Special Counsel & Adviser, and primary speechwriter, the role for which he is best remembered today.
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