Peter Potichnyj: key obituary facts
Is Peter Potichnyj dead? Yes. Peter Potichnyj died on June 3, 2026, at age 96.
Cause of death: Peter Potichnyj's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Peter Potichnyj known for?
He was an Ukrainian-born American and Canadian political scientist and historian (born 1930).
More about Peter Potichnyj
Peter Potichnyj, a Polish–Ukrainian-born American–Canadian political scientist and historian, died on June 3, 2026, at age 96.
Born Petro Iosyp Potichnyj on June 2, 1930, in Pawłokoma, Poland, he later became known as Peter Joseph Potichnyj. He was a professor emeritus of political science at McMaster University, where he taught for decades after joining the faculty in 1964.
Potichnyj’s work also included writing on Ukrainian affairs; a book listed under his name was On the Current Situation in the Ukraine, published in 2016.