Former J.F.K. aide, alumnus to be honored
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Ted Sorensen, once a special
counsel to former President John F.
Kennedy, said he is looking forward
to visiting the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln today to receive a
Centennial Medallion from UNL
Chancellor Martin Massengale.
Sorensen, a UNL alumnus, will
receive the medallion from the Na
tional Association of State Universi
ties and Land-Grant Colleges at the
Chancellor’s Annual Alumni Lunch
eon today in the Wick Alumni Center,
said John Peters, associate to the
chancellor.
One person from among the
alumni of each member of
N AS ULGC was chosen to receive the
award at the Association’s Centen
nial Symposium last November. The
medallion was given to UNL Chan
cel lor Martin Massengale to give to
Sorensen, Peters said.
“It’s really quite an honor,” Peters
said.
Sorensen is a good recipient for the
award because, Peters said, he is
“someone who has had an impact on
the national and international scene.”
Sorensen received his bachelor’s
degree from UNL in 1949 and his law
degree from UNL’s College of Law in
1951. Sorensen said he grew up in
Lincoln, and all his formal education
has been in Nebraska.
Sorensen served as an assistant to
then-Sen. Kennedy for eight years
before becoming special counsel to
Kennedy when he became president,
he said.
Sorensen is now a senior partner in
the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison.
“There is no doubt in my mind that
my preparation at the University of
Nebraska helped me in later years,”
Sorensen said. ‘‘Since then I have
been fortunate enough to lead a highly
diversified and challenging life.”
Sorensen said he has visited the
university several times since gradu
ating. He visited the university with
Kennedy in the late 1950s and in
1960, he said. He also gave the com
mencement address at the Law Col
lege several years ago and received an
honorary degree, he said.
The buildings have changed,
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Sorensen said, “but the basic attitudes
have remained the same.”
Football is bigger now, Sorensen
said, but he has been a fan since he
was a child growing up in Lincoln.
Sorensen will speak on the topic,
“The role of the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln in the Nation and the
World” at the luncheon.
Sorensen also will tour the Law
College and meet informally with
students and faculty members while
on campus.
Disabled are able to play sports
RECREATION from Page 6
Boppers broke into league basketball
about five years ago when they played
an experienced wheelchair team from
Topeka, Kan. They lost 157-6.
“That was our initiation into the
league,” he said.
Handicapped leagues are divided
into classifications of health. “A
one” is for people who don ’ t have use
below their waist. “A-two” is for
double amputees. And “A-three” is
for people with almost total use of
their body.
The team has improved since its
first game, placing second and third in
national tournaments.
Some members play tennis and
have placed second in theComhuskcr
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State Games.
Costs along with declining mem
bcrship were factors in the decision to
get out of league competition and turn
to recreational sports, Otley said.
Travel expenses became too much
for HRS to bear, he said. Transporting
about 12 handicapped people and
their wheelchairs gets expensive, he
said.
“Also, gym rent breaks you when
you want to practice three times a
week,” he said.
“It’s hard to get people out of their
houses," Otley said.
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