Lev Dobriansky
| Lev E. Dobriansky | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Bahamas | |
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In office October 25, 1982 – August 30, 1986 |
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| Preceded by | William Bernstein Schwartz |
| Succeeded by | Carol Boyd Hallett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 9, 1918 New York City |
| Died | January 30, 2008 (aged 89) |
| Children | Paula Dobriansky |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Lev E. Dobriansky (November 9, 1918 – January 30, 2008) was a professor of economics at Georgetown University, U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas and anti-communist advocate. He is known for his work with the National Captive Nations Committee and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and served as the chairman of the latter.
Dobriansky was born on November 9, 1918 in New York City, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. He received an undergraduate degree in 1941 and a master's degree in 1943 from New York University, where he was an instructor of economics throughout the 1940s. He received his doctorate from NYU in 1951. His dissertation was a critique of the economist Thorstein Veblen.
He taught economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. from 1948 until his retirement in 1987. During his tenure there, he became a Professor Emeritus and taught such classes as "Soviet Economics." Among his students was Kateryna Yushchenko (née Chumachenko), the future First Lady of Ukraine. In 1970, he founded and directed the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown.
He was also a faculty member at the National War College in 1957-1958, and served as a consultant for the United States Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the United States House of Representatives.
Dobriansky briefly worked in an official capacity in Chile (1975–1976).
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