Dr. David Dworak

Dr. Dave Dworak is the Provost/Senior Academic Officer for Army University located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Army University consists of five colleges to include the Army War College, Command and General Staff College, Army Management Staff College, Warrant Officer Career College, and U.S. Army NCO Academy. Previously, Dr. Dworak served as Provost of the U.S. Army War College.

Dr. Dworak retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of colonel in 2014. During his 30-year career he served as a multi-functional logistics officer supporting operations in peace and in war. His overseas tours include the Sinai Peninsula, Germany, the Republic of Korea, and Afghanistan. Dr. Dworak spent the last six years of his career on the faculty of the U.S. Army War College, where he served as an instructor and, later, as chairman of the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations.

His academic credentials include a PhD. and master’s in philosophy in history from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master of Science in logistics management from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Dworak is a certified Demonstrated Master Logistician.

Dr. Dworak’s areas of expertise include institutional assessment, academic accreditation, the Mediterranean Theater of War 1942-1945, European history 1914-1945, theater-level planning, operational art, Joint logistics, supply chain management, and strategic thinking. He is the author of the award-winning book War of Supply: World War II Allied Logistics in the Mediterranean. In addition, Dr. Dworak teaches classes in history, military logistics, and strategic planning.