Background
Polsby, Nelson Woolf was born on October 25, 1934 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Daniel II and Edythe (Woolf) Polsby.
Polsby, Nelson Woolf was born on October 25, 1934 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Daniel II and Edythe (Woolf) Polsby.
AB, Johns Hopkins, 1956. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1961.
Doctor of Letters, University Liverpool, 1992. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1997. Doctor honorary (honorary), Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, 2002.
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1960-1961;
from assistant professor to professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1961-1968;
professor political science, University of California-Berkeley, since 1967;
director Institute Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989. Member visiting faculty Columbia, 1963, Yale, 1963, 67, 75, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1970, Stanford, 1977, Harvard University, 1986-1987. Member commission on pub.engring. policy National Academy Engineering, 1973-1976.
Member of commission on behavioral and social science and education National Research Council, 1983-1989.
Member commission on vice presidential selection Democratic National Committee, 1973-1974. Member Yale University Council, 1978-2000, president, 1986-1993. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Political Science Association (council 1971-1977, 88-89), American Academy Arts and Sciences (council 1993-1996), American Sociological Association, National Academy Public Administration, Council on Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Linda Dale Offenbach, August 3, 1958. Children: Lisa, Emily, Daniel R.