Background
Sorensen, Robert C. was born on September 7, 1923. Son of Christian Abraham and Annis Sarah (Chaikin) Sorensen.
Sorensen, Robert C. was born on September 7, 1923. Son of Christian Abraham and Annis Sarah (Chaikin) Sorensen.
Student, University Nebraska, 1942. Student, Northwestern University, 1943. Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1944.
Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1954.
Field examiner National Labor Relations Board, Chicago, 1945-1946. Industrial relations director Scott Radio Laboratories, 1946-1948. Director prelegal division John Marshall Law School, 1947-1948.
Assistant professor law University Nebraska College Law, Lincoln, 1948-1952. Operations analyst Operations Research Office Johns Hopkins University, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 1952-1954. Director audience analysis department Radio Free Europe, Munich, 1954-1959.
Director research This Week Magazine, New York City, 1959-1961. Vice president, corporation director research D'arcy Advertising Company, 1961—1966. Executive director Center Advanced Practice McCann-Erickson Inc., 1966—1968.
Public Psychology Today Magazine, 1967-1968. President Robert C. Sorensen & Associates Inc., 1968-1985. Vice president, corporation director marketing Warner Communications Inc.
(now Time Warner), 1972-1974. President Sorensen Marketing/Management Corporation, from 1979. Professor marketing Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1981-1993, professor emeritus, 1993—2008.
Adjunct faculty Center Learning and Living Marymount Manhattan College, from 1996. Consultant in field.
(Educational book about adolescent sexuality.)
Past vice president, council Institute Religion in an Age Science. Board directors, past chairman Foster Parents Plan International, Foster Parents Plan United States of America. Board directors Scandinavian Seminar, Inc., Scandinavian Seminar College, Copenhagen, Childreach Inc., Center Advisory Studies Religion and Science.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Market Research Council, American Sociological Association, American Association Public Opinion Research, American Marketing Association, International Trademark Association, Coffee House, Dutch Treat Club, University Club.
Married Marjorie Joyce Mattson, September 11, 1943. Children: Robert Chris A., Katherine M. (deceased 2001), David W. M.