Background
Joseph David Jachna was born in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Joseph David Jachna was born in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Jachna earned a BS in Art Education (1958) and an MS in Photography (1961) from the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Since 1969 he has been teaching photography at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle.
Jachna received the Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle in 1974 and a Ferguson grant in 1973. He also was awarded two grants from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1972, and a faculty research grant from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1969.