Al Felzenberg pens a kind remembrance of Ted Sorensen

Al Felzenberg, Ph.D. (left) listening to Ted Sorensen speak during his November 11, 2009 talk at the Penn Bookstore

Annenberg lecturer and presidential historian Al Felzenberg, Ph.D. wrote a column for U.S. News & World Report about the late Theodore “Ted” Sorensen, counselor and writer for President John F. Kennedy. “Referring to Ted Sorensen as a ‘speechwriter’ would be doing both him and history a disservice,” Dr. Felzenberg wrote. “Among his many responsibilities was to give force to decisions Kennedy made. Through the trust he established with the president and his capacity to read Kennedy’s instincts and to sense what he wanted done allowed him to help shape some of the very decisions he would then explain in speeches he prepared for, and often with, the president.”