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==Later career==
==Later career==
Sorensen became a law professor at the [[Ohio State University]].<ref name="OSU bio">[http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/bios.php?ID=84 Philip C. Sorensen - Professor Emeritus of Law],{{dead link|date=December 2014}} [[Moritz College of Law]], [[Ohio State University]]. Retrieved 13 March 2013.</ref> Courses he taught included: [[Tort]]s, Business Organizations, [[federal income tax|Federal Income Tax]], [[Legislation]], and [[nonprofit organization|Nonprofit Organizations]].<ref name="OSU profile">{{cite web| url= http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/professor/philip-c-sorensen/ |title= Professors: Philip C. Sorensen | publisher= Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University | accessdate= 17 December 2014}}</ref>
Sorensen became a law professor at the [[Ohio State University]].<ref name="OSU bio">[http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/bios.php?ID=84 Philip C. Sorensen - Professor Emeritus of Law], [[Moritz College of Law]], [[Ohio State University]]. Retrieved 13 March 2013. {{wayback|url=http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/bios.php?ID=84 |date=20120116212120 }}</ref> Courses he taught included: [[Tort]]s, Business Organizations, [[federal income tax|Federal Income Tax]], [[Legislation]], and [[nonprofit organization|Nonprofit Organizations]].<ref name="OSU profile">{{cite web| url= http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/professor/philip-c-sorensen/ |title= Professors: Philip C. Sorensen | publisher= Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University | accessdate= 17 December 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

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Philip C. Sorensen
27th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
In office
January 7, 1965 – January 5, 1967
GovernorFrank B. Morrison
Preceded byDwight W. Burney
Succeeded byJohn E. Everroad
Personal details
Born
Philip Chaikin Sorensen

(1933-08-31) August 31, 1933 (age 91)
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Political partyDemocrat
RelationsTed Sorensen (brother)

Philip Chaikin Sorensen (born August 31, 1933)[1] was a Nebraska politician and law professor. He was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska — from 1965 to 1967.

Early life and education

Sorensen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. His father was Christian A. Sorensen, a Danish American who was Nebraska Attorney General (1929–33),[2] and Annis (Chaikin) Sorensen, who was of Russian Jewish descent.[3] He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Nebraska.[1] His older brother Ted Sorensen was a speechwriter and advisor to US President John F. Kennedy.

Political career

Sorensen was elected Lieutenant Governor in the 1964 election, defeating Republican Charles Thone (who later served in the US Congress and as Governor).[4] He then ran for Governor in 1966, but was defeated by Republican Norbert Tiemann.[4][5]

Later career

Sorensen became a law professor at the Ohio State University.[6] Courses he taught included: Torts, Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax, Legislation, and Nonprofit Organizations.[7]

Personal life

In 1958, Sorensen married Janice Lichtenberger in Lincoln, Nebraska. They have four children and five grandchildren.

Sorensen, a sculptor for many years, displays his work at somesculpture.com

References

  1. ^ a b The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Vol. 16. LexisNexis. 1993. p. 2422.
  2. ^ Rutten, Tim (6 May 2008). "'Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History' by Ted Sorensen". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Marcus, Jacob Rader (1981). The American Jewish Woman, 1654-1980. KTAV Publishing House. p. 173.
  4. ^ a b Olson, James C.; Naugle, Ronald C. (1997). History of Nebraska (3d ed.). pp. 357, 362.
  5. ^ Walton, Don (26 August 2009). "Nebraska senators hail Kennedy as epic figure". Lincoln Journal Star.
  6. ^ Philip C. Sorensen - Professor Emeritus of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University. Retrieved 13 March 2013. Template:Wayback
  7. ^ "Professors: Philip C. Sorensen". Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
1965–1967
Succeeded by