Background
He was born on February 26, 1911, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He was born on February 26, 1911, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He graduated Bachelor of Laws from Saint John"s University School of Law in 1932.
On November 2, 1943, he was elected to the New York State Assembly (Kings Company, 22nd Doctorate), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Corcoran. He was re-elected in 1944, and remained in the Assembly until 1946, sitting in the 164th and 165th New York State Legislatures. He was President of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967.
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Travia to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on April 25, 1968, to a seat vacated by Matthew T. Abruzzo.
He was confirmed by the United States. Senate on June 24, 1968, and received his commission on July 17, 1968. His service terminated on November 30, 1974, when he resigned saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
He died on December 7, 1993 at the Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New New York
He was again a member of the State Assembly from 1949 to 1968, sitting in the 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th and 177th New York State Legislatures. And was Minority Leader from 1959 to 1964, and Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968. He is the author of Travia Leave, Law 3107 of the New York State Education Law, which specifies that public employees who are members of a retirement system “…shall upon application be granted a retirement leave with full pay consisting of one half of their accumulated unused sick leave up to a maximum of one semester.”.