Ruth Sorensen Singer

Executive Committee Member,
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
State Advisory Board

Ruth Sorensen Singer was born in 1931 in Lincoln,Nebraska.  She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska in 1952 and received her M.A. in International Relations from John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1955. 

She married Derek Singer, a Foreign Service Officer, and they spent more than 25 years overseas predominantly in Africa and Latin America. They have four 4 children. Ruth has worked as a speechwriter and an English teacher. She serves as the representative of the Sorensen family on the State Board for the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

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