David S. Kronfeld honored as professor emeritus
David S. Kronfeld of Pembroke, Va., Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title " professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting Nov. 7.
The title of emeritus may be conferred on retired professors and associate professors, administrative officers, librarians, and exceptional staff members who have given exemplary service to the university and who are specially recommended to the board of visitors by Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger. Nominated individuals who are approved by the board of visitors receive an emeritus certificate from the university.
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1988, Kronfeld is a distinguished research and scholar of equine nutrition and its impact on the equine industry in Virginia and across the world. He has written more than 700 publications during his career in the area of nutrition and companion animal research. Kronfeld served as president of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition, president of the John Moran Society, and program chair for the Association of Equine Sports Medicine. In addition, he holds membership in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, the American Society of Dairy Science, and the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists.
Kronfeld received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Queensland University and his Ph.D. from the University of California.
Ranked 11th in agricultural research expenditures by the National Science Foundation, Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers students the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading agricultural scientists. The college’s comprehensive curriculum gives students a balanced education that ranges from food and fiber production to economics to human health. The college is a national leader in incorporating technology, biotechnology, computer applications, and other recent scientific advances into its teaching program.
Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech has grown to become the largest university in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and outreach activities, and to fulfilling its vision to be among the top research universities in the nation. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg, and other campus centers in northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 170 academic degree programs.
