Sidney S. Pollack

September 24, 1929 - August 12, 2015

Sidney S. Pollack, 85, of Kingsbridge, Bronx, Squirrel Hill and Highland Park, left peacefully on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Sid Vicious, as he was known nowhere but on the tennis court, is deeply mourned by his beloved longtime friend and companion, Lois Jackson, his sister Ruth Brooks of Queens, NY, his children, David (Avery Schneider-Pollack), Linda Bugosh (Don Bugosh) and Aaron (Rosalba Piazza), and grandchildren Elsbeth, Mollie, and Samantha Pollack and Alex and Ryan Niemocienski, and expanding circles of family and good friends too numerous to mention. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Elta (Spaulding), brother Harold Pollack and parents, Samuel and Rose Pollack. An alumnus of Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin, Sidney was for many years a research chemist at Mellon Institute, and later laboratory manager at the US Department of Energy's Bruceton facility. Sidney can be remembered with a memorial contribution to an organization that evokes his love of inquiry, his insistence on fairness or his joy in participating in movement and music. Some suggestions are the ACLU, the Squirrel Hill Library, and the Country Dance and Song Society of Pittsburgh. Arrangements are private. Professional Services by D'Alessandro Funeral Home and Crematory Ltd., Lawrenceville