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Also Known As Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr.
Born March 19, 1953 (age 72) • Chapel Hill • North Carolina
Awards And Honors Tony Awards (2014) • Pulitzer Prize (1992)
Notable Works “All the Way” • “The Great Society”

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