DOYLESTOWN - Dr. Joshua
Feldstein has announced his in
tention to retire as President of
Delaware Valley College, effective
June 30,1987.
Feldstein has been associated
with the Doylestown school for the
past 47 years, first as a student of
die National Farm School Class of
1942, later as an instructor at the
National Agricultural College and
then as Dean in charge of
academic affairs and ad
ministration of Delaware Valley
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College. Feldstein was elected
President of the College by the
Board of Trustees and assumed
office on July 15,1975.
“I view this as a new beginning
for myself and for the College,”
said Feldstein. “For me, it will be
a challenge. The College has been
my life, and I intend to stay closely
associated with it.”
Among the notable ac
complishments of Feldstein’s 12
years as president is the addition
of two new academic majors;
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agribusiness in 1983 and Computer
Information Systems Management
in 1984. An extensive effort to
renovate existing buildings and
add new structures was also un
dertaken. The James Work
Memorial Stadium was completed
in the fall of 1978.
Later years saw the construction
of the Agricultural Machinery
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Center for Animal Husbandry in
1980, the addition to the
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the Sydney J. Markovitz Equine
Facility in the spring 1984.
The past year’s projects in
cluded renovation of Allman
Building- for classrooms and
computer facilities, and marked
the beginning of a major project to
renovate the College’s Small
Animal Laboratory.
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tenure as president is the Student
Center, which opened in the fall of
1983. ■
“I am extremely proud of the
Student Center,” Feldstein said.
“We knew there was a need for
such a bidding on campus and the
Student Center has filled that need.
It was a monumental project that
required the dedication of a great
number of people. But it was well
worth the hard work.”
Feldstein immigrated to the
United States from Lithuania in
1939 and enrolled in the National
Farm School, where he graduated
with a diploma in Horticulture in
1942. He received his Bachelor of
Science degree from the National
Agricultural College, as it was
later named, in 1952.
Following graduation, he joined
the instructional staff at the school
as an assistant instructor and did
post-graduate work in agricultural
machinery.
Feldstein then attended Rutgers
University where he received his
Masters of Science degree in
Horticulture in 1956 and his Ph.D.
in Horticulture in 1962.
He became Professor of Hor
ticulture at the College in 1965 and
chaired the Horticulture Depart
ment from 1959 to 1969. He was
named Chairman of the Plant
Science Division in 1966. In 1969 he
was appointed Associate Dean of
the College, becoming Dean in
1973.
Feldstein and his wife, Miriam,
have two sons, Theodore and
Daniel. Theodore and his wife,
Diane, live in Doylestown and
Daniel lives at his parent’s home.
Dr. Joshua Feldstein recently
announced his retirement
effective June 1987, as
president of Delaware Valley
College.
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