Remembering Stanley Feldstein

Dr. Stanley Feldstein passed away on March 10, 2024, at the age of 93. Stanley was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1930, the eldest of fraternal twins. He graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1953 and received a Masters degree in Psychology from Columbia University in 1954. After serving in the Army from 1954 to 1956, he returned to Columbia and completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1960. Stanley was a faculty member and research psychologist at the William Alanson White Institute and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College before being appointed as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1971. He served on the faculty at UMBC for thirty five years, until retiring and taking emeritus status in 2006. During that time he served as principal investigator and co-principal investigator on numerous research grants; published seven books in his field, seventeen chapters in other collections, and 78 articles in academic journals; and presented papers at hundreds of conferences. He taught research methods and statistics and was an important mentor to many graduate students.

Stanley played the violin from an early age, and always loved classical music. In professional settings he was rarely seen without a jacket and tie and his French beret, but in his leisure time he liked to fish and enjoyed vacations in Martha's Vineyard and Hilton Head. He had an enduring fondness for the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and also loved a good mystery. He was an excellent cook and baker, mastering the art of making madeleines and popovers. After retiring, he and his wife Joyce traveled with friends to numerous places in the U.S. and abroad.

In addition to Joyce, to whom he was married for 59 years, he leaves his daughter, Heather, her husband Jon, and their children Ian and Isadora, as well as his son, Judd, his wife Dianne, and their children Colby, Spencer and Blake.

A celebration of Stanley's life will be held at Broadmead at a later date. Online condolences may be sent to the family through www.peacefulalternatives.com.