Background
Polak, Emil Joseph was born on August 16, 1936 in Bay Shore, New York, United States. Son of Emil Frank and Mary Rose (Comitsky) Polak.
Polak, Emil Joseph was born on August 16, 1936 in Bay Shore, New York, United States. Son of Emil Frank and Mary Rose (Comitsky) Polak.
AB cum laude, University Albany, 1957. AM, Columbia University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1970.
Lecturer Brooklyn College, 1961—1965. Instructor St. John's University, Jamaica, 1965—1966. Lecturer Staten Island Community College, 1966—1967.
Instructor City College of New York, 1967—1970. Assistant professor Queensborough Community College, Bayside, 1970—1976, associate professor, 1977—1981, professor department history, 1982—2010.
Member of Long Island Maritime Museum, International Society Classical Tradition, Medieval Latin Studies Group, Medieval Club New York, American Association Neo-Latin Studies, Early Book Society, International Association Neo-Latin Studies, Society Fellows American Academy Rome, American Society History of Rhetoric, International Society History of Rhetoric, American History Association, Medieval Academy American, Renaissance Society of America, American Phil. Association, Bohemia History Society, Bayport Heritage Association, Sayville History Society, Columbia University Graduate School Arts and Sciences Alumni Association, University Albany Alumni Association, Pi Gamma Mu, Kappa Phi Kappa.
Married Patricia Faith Leuzzi, August 3, 1968.