Joravsky, David.

David Joravsky was born September 9, 1925, in Chicago to Joseph and Bertha Joravsky. After serving in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946, he was awarded a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947. Joravsky received an M.A. and Certificate of the Russian Institute from Columbia University in 1949 and married his wife Doris in the same year. He completed his doctorate at Columbia University in 1958. In 1966 he joined the faculty of Northwestern University as a full professor.

Joravsky served as an instructor at Cornell University in 1953 and held the same position with Marietta College during the 1953-1954 academic year. He joined the University of Connecticut as an instructor in 1954 and remained until 1958. Upon completing his doctorate at Columbia Joravsky accepted appointment as assistant professor of history at Brown University. Brown promoted him to associate professor in 1961. In 1966 Joravsky accepted Northwestern University's offer of a full professorship.

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