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Polansky
Polanský (Czech feminine: Polanská) is a surname. It may refer to: * Adrian Polansky (born c. 1950), American politician * David Polansky (1919–2003), American basketball coach * Jiří Polanský (born 1981), Czech ice hockey player * Larry Polansky (born 1954), American musician * Mark L. Polansky (born 1956), American aerospace engineer and astronaut * Paul Polansky (1942–2021), American writer and Romani activist * Peter Polansky (born 1988), Canadian tennis player * Ron Polansky, American philosopher * Sol Polansky (1926–2016), American diplomat * Tadeáš Polanský (1713–1770), Czech Jesuit and physicist See also * * Polanski (surname) Polański (, feminine: Polańska; plural: Polańscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to: * Aleksandra Polańska (born 2000), Polish swimmer * Eugen Polanski (born 1986), Polish-German footballer * Gabriela Polańska (born 1988), Polish volleybal ... {{surname, Polansky Czech-language surnames Slovak-language surnames [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments as a lucky loser within the same calendar year. Personal Polansky () was born in North York, Ontario, Canada. Polansky survived a major scare as an 18-year-old. While in Mexico for a Davis Cup tie as a team hitting partner, he woke up sleepwalking and jumped or fell from a three-story room suffering serious injuries. Later, he said that he saw a dark figure approaching his bed wielding a knife and only thought about escaping through the window. He recovered miraculously to be playing tennis just four months later. Polansky has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Polansky
Larry Polansky (October 16, 1954 – May 9, 2024) was an American composer, guitarist, mandolinist, and academic. Biography The brother of the writer Steven Polansky, Polansky read mathematics and music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), graduating in 1977. He served on the faculty of Dartmouth College and held the title of Emeritus Strauss Professor of Music upon his retirement from Dartmouth. He subsequently returned to UCSC and served on the UCSC music faculty from 2013 to 2019. He was a founding member and co-director of Frog Peak Music (a composers' collective). He co-wrote HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with Phil Burk and David Rosenboom. There are several recordings of his work, including ''Four-Voice Canons'' (an album of mensuration canons). He served as co-producer of ''Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I''. Polansky was previously married to ethnomusicologist and performer Jody Diamond. Music historian and musician Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Polansky
Adrian Polansky (born c. 1950) was appointed secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in February 2003. Polansky served on the Kansas Energy Council, the Governor's Council on Homeland Security and Kansas Task Force on Methamphetamine and Illegal Drugs. Polansky graduated from Kansas State University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy. Polansky was appointed Executive Director of the Kansas Farm Service Agency on July 1, 2009 by the Obama Administration. He served in the same capacity from 1993 to 2001 under the Clinton Administration. Personal life Polansky lives in Manhattan, Kansas with his wife, Kristine, who is an attorney. They married in January 2003. Polansky’s first wife, Joyce, died in 1993 after 18 years of marriage. A son, Adam, is a 2002 graduate of Kansas State University who currently is involved in managing the Belleville, Kansas-based family farm and seed business. Adam’s twin, A.J., was lost in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Polansky
Paul Polansky (February 17, 1942 – March 26, 2021) was an American writer and Romani activist. Paul Polansky held a degree in journalism, history and rhetoric from Marquette University. In the early 1990s, he founded the Czech Historical Research Center in the United States and participated in several American and European scientific conferences on human rights in Eastern Europe. In the 1990s, he discovered 40,000 documents in the Czech archives on the Gypsy extermination camp in Lety, run by the Czechs during World War II. After making this discovery, he moved to the Czech Republic to continue his research. He also began organizing conferences devoted to them at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1999, Polansky began working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to serve as an advisor for Roma (Gypsy) refugees in Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Polansky
Sol Polansky (November 7, 1926 – January 6, 2016) was an American diplomat. Born in Newark, Polansky received his bachelor's degree from University of California 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. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ... 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 1979 to 1983. From 1987 until 1990, Polansky was the United States Ambassador to Bulgaria. Notes 1926 births 2016 deaths People from Newark, New Jersey Columbia University alumni National War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Polansky
David Polansky (November 16, 1919 – June 16, 2003) was an American basketball coach. As an assistant, he replaced Nat Holman three times as head basketball coach at City College of New York (CCNY). Polansky first took over in 1952 when Holman was suspended after the 1951 betting scandals wrecked the Beavers program. After Holman won reinstatement, Polansky remained his assistant in 1954 and twice relieved his boss again (illness in 1956 and retirement in 1959). He then coached C.C.N.Y. for 10 full seasons before his own resignation in February 1971, after an 82–80 loss to Pace. Although Polansky had only six losing seasons in 15 years, he finished with a 127–135 overall record. Following his coaching career, Polansky purchased Camp Kent, a summer camp located in Kent, Connecticut Kent is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located alongside the border with New York (state), New York, the town's population was 3,019 according to the 2020 United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Polansky
Ron Polansky is an American philosopher and educator. He was a professor of philosophy at Duquesne University through 2019. He edits the journal ''Ancient Philosophy''. pdcnet.org; accessed October 14, 2014. He also edits ''Mathesis Publications''. Polansky taught ancient philosophy, and also taught bioethics. He is married to Susan Polansky, who teaches at . Selected bibliography Authored and edited books *(2007) ''Aristotle's De anima: A Commentary, Cambridge University Press'' *(2000) ''Bioethics: Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues, co-edited with Mark Kuczewski, M.I.T. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeáš Polanský
Tadeáš Polanský, , (1713 – 1770) was a Jesuit theologian and scientist in the field of physics. Life Tadeáš Polanský was since 1734 lecturing at a Gymnasium (school) in Uherské Hradiště. Later he became professor of dogmatics at University of Olomouc. Apart from theology, he was, together with Polanský Jan Nepomuk (1723 – 1776), active in the field of physics, researching lightning and thunder, colors, phases of Venus, primary and secondary rainbow, and other. In years 1760 – 1761, Polanský became dean of the University's Faculty of Theology. He was lecturing in Olomouc at the time when Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor stepped up his fight for absolute power, effectively restricting the Jesuit monopoly in education. At the University of Olomouc, the struggle was taking place particularly between the conservative Jesuits and a proponent of enlightenment ideas Josef Vratislav Monse Josef Vratislav Monse (June 15, 1733 – February 6, 1793) was a Moravian law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Polanský
Jiří Polanský (born December 18, 1981) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Oceláři Třinec in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, HC Oceláři Třinec finished atop .... References External links * 1981 births Czech ice hockey forwards HC Oceláři Třinec players Living people Ice hockey people from Brno HC Kometa Brno players EHC Olten players HC Havířov players MsHK Žilina players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polanski (surname)
Polański (, feminine: Polańska; plural: Polańscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to: * Aleksandra Polańska (born 2000), Polish swimmer * Eugen Polanski (born 1986), Polish-German footballer * Gabriela Polańska (born 1988), Polish volleyball player * Henriette Brossin de Polanska (1878–1954), French painter * John Polanski (1918–1956), American football player * Łukasz Polański (born 1989), Polish volleyball player * Roman Polanski (born 1933), French-Polish film director * Polaris P. Polanski, an alias adopted by Byakuya Togami in the novel trilogy ''Danganronpa: Togami'', by Yuya Sato (novelist), Yuya Sato * Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales See also * * * Polansky {{surname, Polanski Surnames of Polish origin Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark L
Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928 * Finnish markka (), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Polish mark (), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
