▁Mountain ▁Boys ▁members <0x0A> </s> ▁A aron ▁Wild av sky ▁( May ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁– ▁September ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁political ▁scient ist ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁pione ering ▁work ▁in ▁public ▁policy , ▁government ▁budget ing , ▁and ▁risk ▁management . ▁He ▁died ▁of ▁lung ▁cancer ▁on ▁September ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁in ▁Oak land , ▁California . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁A ▁native ▁of ▁Brook lyn ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁Wild av sky ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁two ▁Ukrain ian ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁Brook lyn ▁College , ▁he ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁and ▁then ▁won ▁a ▁Ful br ight ▁Fellow ship ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney ▁for ▁ 1 9 5 4 – 5 5 . ▁Wild av sky ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁to ▁attend ▁gradu ate ▁school ▁at ▁Y ale ▁University . ▁His ▁Ph D ▁dis sert ation , ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁the ▁D ixon - Y ates ▁atomic ▁energy ▁controvers y , ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁ ▁Career ▁Wild av sky ▁taught ▁at ▁Ober lin ▁College ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁then ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁Washington ▁D . C ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁at ▁Ber keley ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁political ▁science