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- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) - March 17, 2002
Deceased Name: POLANSKY: Norman Alburt Polansky
Norman Alburt Polansky, Regents Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia School of Social Work and pioneer in social work research, died March 15 in his home in Athens at the age of 83. Author of numerous books and more than 100 professional articles and monographs focusing on social work research and practice as well as issues fo social isolation and child neglect, he is best known for Ego Psychology and Communication and Social Work Research. Polansky earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard where he was Phi Beta Kappa and 1938 light middleweight boxing champion, his master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve, and a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Michigan. He taught at Case Western Reserve, Smith College, and the University of Pennsylvania before joining the University of Georgia faculty. Ater serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, he was social psychologist at Austin-Riggs Center in Massachusetts and head of psychology at Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. He found pleasure in music, enjoying serveral years as first violinist in the Athens Symphony. A long-time treasurer of the Classic City Kennel Club, Polansky shared his wife's interest in owning and showing dogs. He was a member of the Congregation Children of Israel in Athens. A Life Fellow of the American Orthospsychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, he received the Special Service Award from the Georgia Council on Child Abuse, the Vincent de Francis Award for the American Humane Association, the Frankie V. Adams Award for lifetime service to people and the profession of social work from the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Social Work, the Distinguished Pratitioner Award from the National Academies of Practice, and the Creative Research Medal from the University of Georgia. Polansky was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, to Joseph J. and Celia Polansky. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Finley Polansky of Athens; a daughter, Vaughn Polansky Harrison, a son, Jonathan Polansky, and a daughter-in-law, Laura Smith Polansky of California; a sister, Adele Polansky of Athens; four grandchildren, Benjamin and Nicholas Polansky and John and Marisa Harrison of California; and many friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contribuitons be sent to the University of Georgia Foundation for the School of Social Work. Bernstein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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1918 - 2002 (83 years)
