Reminiscences of Theodore C. Sorensen : oral history, 2007.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, speechwriter.

Scope and Contents

Background: born 1928, childhood in Nebraska; education: B.A., J.D. University of Nebraska; career: Special Counsel and Adviser to John F. Kennedy and Speechwriter, 1953-1963; international lawyer for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1966-present; Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): member in 1967, leadership role of CFR, CFR programs around country, views of younger council members, reminiscences on Foreign Affairs magazine, expansion of CFR membership, future of CFR, globalization.

Subjects

• Council on Foreign Relations.
• Foreign affairs (Council on Foreign Relations)
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Friends and associates--Interviews.
• Lawyers--United States--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sorensen, Theodore C.--Interviews.
• Speechwriters--United States--Interviews.

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