Background
Dowd, David Lloyd was born on May 25, 1918 in Cleveland. Son of Edward A. and Winifred Pauline (Eberhard) Dowd.
Dowd, David Lloyd was born on May 25, 1918 in Cleveland. Son of Edward A. and Winifred Pauline (Eberhard) Dowd.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California, 1940, Master of Arts, 1943, Doctor of Philosophy, 1946. Student Harvard, 1944-1945, U. Paris, Ecole du Louvre, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1951-1952.
Instructor history University of California, 1942-1943, Lake Forest College, 1945-1946, U. Nebraska, 1946-1949. Assistant professor of University Florida, 1949-1953, associate professor, 1953-1958, professor of history, 1958-1966, assistant head department history, 1961-1963, director graduate studies department history, 1965-1966. Professor of history U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1966-1968.
Faculty research fellow Social Science Research Council, 1958-1959.
Fulbright visiting professor U. Toulouse, France, 1960-1961. Faculty fellow Ford Foundation France, 1951-1952, Society Science Research Council, France, 1955-1956.
Member American, Southern (managing editor European Newsletter 1963-1968, president European history section 1966-1967) history associations, Society French History Studies, Society de L’Histoire de l’Art Francais, Societe de L’Histoire de France, Society des Etudes Robespierristes, Institut Napoleon, Florida Academy Science, American Academy Political and Social Science, Florida History Society, American Association University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Epsilon. Member editorial board Journal of Modern History, since 1966.
Married Lyla Elena Bylinkin, August 31, 1944. Children: Elizabeth Irene, Alexandra Winifred.