[4] Sorensen graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, with a bachelor's degree in industrial arts and a master's in educational administration.
[1] After graduation, Sorensen taught industrial arts at Granite High School in South Salt Lake, Utah.
He was hired by the Central Utah Vocational School to purchase supplies to train workers in arms and ammunition manufacturing during World War II.
[2] The student activities center at UVU is named for Sorensen,[8] as well as the school's benefactor's society[9] and Lifetime Achievement Award.
[5][6] Observing the academic transformation of the college into a university, Sorensen openly pushed for it to retain its focus on vocational training.
[5] He opposed the closing of the school's machine tools, heavy equipment, and welding programs, saying, "Eventually, the liberal arts will take over.
[6] The school's representatives responded that modern students needed academic degrees and that vocational programs had either closed due to poor enrollment or had evolved with industry.