Steven Frumkin is an Associate Professor at Philadelphia University, School of Business Administration and the School of Engineering and Textiles, since the fall of 2000, and active in the textile, apparel and retail industry supply chain. Frumkin graduated with a B. S. degree from the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, in 1970; holds an MBA from the Bernard M. Baruch College (CUNY), 1977; and is a Doctoral candidate, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Argosy University with an anticipated graduation date of December 2010.
Professor Frumkin spent over 30 years in the textile, apparel and retail industry and has been responsible for fabric design, new product development, fiber innovations; sales management, marketing and merchandising; domestic and international financing, sourcing and U. S. Customs regulations; retail product sourcing, placement and design; and related industry strategic development.
Professor Frumkin sits on the advisory boards of a number of textile, apparel and related industry companies; has delivered lectures and has consulted worldwide. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2004 and has worked on projects for the USA State Department, United States Agency for International Development (WINROCK), in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan working with their emerging textile companies and the global marketplace.
In 2003 Frumkin was appointed the Associate Director of the Laboratory for Engineered Human Protection, a federally funded research initiative which will develop state of the art protective clothing systems for the military and civilian first responders. He is also the recipient of the Presidential Service award for his service to the United States of America.