Stephen H. Polansky ’61

Steve died Sept. 4, 2019, presumably in San Francisco, where he had lived for many years.

Born in Lynn, Mass., he prepared for Princeton at Swampscott High School. At Princeton he studied at the then-Woodrow Wilson School and took his meals at Cloister Inn. He was a cheerleader and a member of Whig-Clio and the Orange Key. His junior- and senior-year roommates were George Pidot, Donald Baraf ’62, Robert Astarita ’62, Bill Radebaugh, and others.

Steve earned a law degree from Harvard. He was a political science professor at the College of San Mateo in California from 1968 until his retirement  in 2003. So far as we know he was never in touch with the University or the class.

According to Don Baraf, Steve had a brother, Michael, but we do not know where he is. Other than Michael, there are no other next of kin.