Feldman, Marvin (1993 November 26 (date of death))
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- Existence: 1993 November 26 (date of death)
Biography
Marvin Feldman was the President of the Fashion Institute of Technology from 1971 until his retirement in 1992. During his tenure, the College's enrollment rose to 12,000 from 5,000, the selection of courses increased greatly, and the number of buildings went from two to eight. Under his direction, FIT began awarding bachelor's and master's degrees, in addition to its associate's degree. FIT also set up the Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Facility, which includes a large collection of computer-driven equipment. A small business center that provides services and support for entrepreneurs was opened in 1983. Early in his career, Mr. Feldman was a secondary school educator and administrator in California, and from 1964 to 1969 he was an officer of the Ford Foundation's Division of International Education and Research. He also served in a variety of capacities in Washington DC in the Office of Education and the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Alan Fishman interview about his mother, Shirley Goodman, 1996 May 21, 1996 May 21
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.3
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Alan Fishman, the son of Shirley Goodman, discusses Goodman’s role in the early days of FIT. Goodman had worked on the World’s Fair with Grover Whalen, and was eventually introduced to the group of successful businessmen who were founding the institute out of the High School of the Needle Trades. Fishman describes his mother’s intense and lasting advocacy for the institute, though she came in without fashion industry experience. Fishman began working in the FIT mail room during his high...
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1996 May 21
Annette Piecora interview, 1994 December 1, 1994 December 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.12
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Annette Piecora joined FIT in 1977 as a clerical assistant under Gladys Marcus and Jean-Ellen Gibson, the chair of the social science department. Piecora would work in both the personnel department and faculty services department before finding a long-term position in the president’s office. Piecora mentions meeting her husband, Professor Steve Harrington of the social services department, through FIT. Piecora worked with Marvin Feldman and Allan Herschfield, and discusses how she began...
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1994 December 1
Commencement programs, June 3, 1983-May 31, 1985, 1983 June 3-1985 May 31
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Identifier: SC.FITA.5.2.6.1.4B
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This folder contains eight commencement programs, one for each year, from June 3, 1983 through May 31, 1985, plus five additional copies.Bill Blass, Fashion Designer, gave the commencement address for June 3, 1983. Donald M. Blinken, Chairman of the Board, SUNY, conferred an Honorary Degree to Lionel Leo Hampton.Dr. Marvin Feldman, President, FIT, gave the commencement address for June 1, 1984. He also presented the President's Award to Calvin Klein, Fashion...
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1983 June 3-1985 May 31
Commencement programs, June 9, 1970-June 1, 1976, 1970 June 9-1976 June 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.5.2.6.1.3A
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This folder contains twelve commencement programs, one for each year, from June 9, 1970 through June 1, 1976, plus five duplicates.Hon. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General, State of New York, gave the commencement address for June 9, 1970.Eleanor Holmes Norton gave the commencement address for June 9, 1971.The Honorable Bella S. Abzug, Member of Congress, New York, gave the commencement address for June 9, 1972.Marvin J. Feldman, President,...
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1970 June 9-1976 June 1
David Zeigler interview, 1994 November 11, 1994 November 11
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.13
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This is an interview with David Zeigler who began at FIT’s continuing education division in 1956 following a transfer from the Board of Education. At the time, the school was still based in the Central Needle Trades High School. Zeigler discusses contentions within the English department, the formation of a union in response, and how he came to be elected as the first faculty president of FIT. Zeigler mentions various faculty in his department and emphasizes how deeply he became entrenched...
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1994 November 11
Edith Sancroft interview, 1994 November 22, 1994 November 22
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.25
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Edith Sancroft, professor of health and physical education at the time of this interview, and former Dean of Liberal Arts, joined FIT in 1964. She immediately began a large expansion of the school's dance program and talks about the introduction of an intermediate level of dance for her more advanced students. Sancroft sees choreography and dance as a natural partner to fashion design; her students benefit from the knowledge that body movement has to offer. She pays homage to the 1960s as a...
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1994 November 22
Emanuel Weintraub interview, 1985 January 24, 1985 January 24
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.10
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Emanuel Weintraub, an alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.), discusses his upbringing and family life in the Depression-era Bronx. He initially chose the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) because it was free, and he received a scholarship. Weintraub briefly discusses his course work there in conjunction with work done at New York University. He graduated in 1947 with a degree in Industrial Management as part of the second graduating class of the Fashion...
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1985 January 24
Eve Pollack interview, 1995 March 6, 1995 March 6
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.21
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Chair of the Marketing Department at the time of this interview, Eve Pollack explains the educational and professional trajectories that led her to a position at FIT in 1978. As her father was a textile converter, Eve found a career in buying haute couture to be a natural fit. She worked in the financial sector as well before being offered an adjunct position teaching a class called “Introduction to the Fashion Business,” at FIT. Pollack discusses the changes she has witnessed in both the...
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1995 March 6
Gibbs Murray interview, 1994 December 6, 1994 December 6
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.18
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Gibbs Murray, Chair of the Display and Exhibit Department at the time of this interview, talks about the origins of the program as a double degree in fashion display and photography in the 1960s. He discusses how the Display and Exhibit Department’s singular, comprehensive nature has led to exponential levels of enrollment in recent years, and mentions student exhibitions in conjunction with companies such as Chanel, Patrick Kelly, and Romeo Gigli. Murray details a close relationship with...
Dates:
1994 December 6
Interview of Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg of the Patternmaking Department, 1995 February 27, 1995 February 27
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.22
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This is an interview with three professors of the patternmaking department at FIT: Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg. At the time of the interview, Trattner was chair of the department. Greenberg started at FIT in 1947 and describes an incident that occurred during the Board of Education’s two-day exam, which was a prerequisite to patternmaking instruction. The three delve into FIT’s uniquely specialized program wherein students learn to make slopers. Trattner, a 9th...
Dates:
1995 February 27
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