Sol Polansky

Sol Polansky (November 7, 1926 – January 6, 2016)[1] was an American diplomat.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Polansky received his bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1950. He then went to Columbia University and attended the Russian Institute from 1950 to 1952. In 1972 Polansky went to the National War College in Washington, D. C.. Polansky joined the United States Foreign Service in 1962; he was stationed in the Soviet Union, Poland and West Berlin. He was also stationed in East Germany from 1976 to 1979 and in Austria. From 1987 until 1990, Polansky was the United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.[2][3]

Notes
  1. In Memoriam: Sol Polanski (1926-2016)
  2. Former US ambassador to Bulgaria Sol Polansky dies
  3. Nomination of Sol Polansky To Be Ambassador to Bulgaria
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Melvyn Levitsky		 United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
1987–1990		 Succeeded by
Hugh Kenneth Hill
gollark: The interim is probably worse, since we'll end up still trying to go for "everyone gets a job" even when that's counterproductive.
gollark: Either way you will probably not have to worry about finding a job.
gollark: If we get self-programming computers that's basically the singularity, and who *knows* what happens with that.
gollark: There will, at the least, be people programming automation systems.
gollark: Unlikely.
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