San Joaquin Delta College

The college provides transferable Associate of Arts degree programs, such as Transportation, Logistics,[3] and others, such as liberal arts, and social sciences. The college also offers certificates in career technical education fields ranging from accounting to welding.[4] While the college's main campus is in Stockton, the college typically serves about 24,000 students each year from a geographic area larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware.[5]

The active president is Omid Pourzanjani, Ed.D., who took over in August 2019. Dr. Pourzanjani—an immigrant and first-generation college student—spent nearly 25 years at Golden West College in Southern California, and has held positions as professor, Academic Senate officer, department chair, instructional dean, liaison officer and vice president of instruction and student learning. He was also a visiting vice chancellor at the California Community College Chancellor's Office before arriving at Delta College.

Kathleen Hart, Ph.D., served as president from 2012 until her retirement in 2019. She led the college to successful reaccreditation in 2014 and was known for her involvement in the community.[6]

Jeffrey Marsee, Ph.D., was the president at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California for three years before coming to Stockton. By January 2012, the faculty had conducted a vote of "no confidence" against Marsee.[7] Eventually, Marsee was placed on leave in February, officially tendered his resignation, and was released from his contract by February 29, 2012.[8] Marsee had been a very controversial figure at Redwoods as well, and was noted as having a history of causing campus turmoil.[9]

Susan Cota, the former chancellor of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, served as Interim President from July 2010 to May 2011.

Raul Rodriguez served as President from July 2002 to July 2009. He was previously the president at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California and acting president at San Jose City College in San Jose. He left to become the Chancellor of the Rancho Santiago Community College District in Santa Ana.

Ed Gould served as President from February 2000 to January 2002. He was previously a vice chancellor at the California Community College Chancellor's Office in Sacramento, California, president at Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey and Victor Valley College in Victorville.

Pat Doyle was head baseball coach of San Joaquin Delta College from 1976-2006, after he had a short career as a minor leaguer in the Boston Red Sox organization in 1966-67.[10] He later was global coordinator for Major League Baseball's envoy program, coached the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in 1990 and 1991, coached Team USA in the 1994 Baseball World Cup, managed the British national team in the 2010 European Championship, and guided Team Israel in the 2011 European Championship Qualifiers.[10] He is a member of the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame, the Lodi Athletic Hall of Fame, and the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association (CCCBCA) Hall of Fame.[11] He is a former President of the CCCBCA, which established the Doyle Scholarship in his honor.[12]

Dean Kremer

• Scott Brooks (born 1965) - professional basketball coach, currently head coach of the Washington Wizards, and former professional basketball player
• Tory Bruno, Aerospace executive and rocket scientist. CEO of United Launch Alliance
• Phil Coke (born 1982) — MLB pitcher for the Detroit Tigers[13]
• Robert Gaughran (born 1935) Member University of Pacific & member of the United States Water Polo Halls of Fame (www.usawaterpolo.org)
• Bob Heinz (born 1947) — Former NFL football player for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins[14]
• Dolores Huerta (born 1930) — labor leader and civil rights activist[15]
• Chris Isaak (born 1956) — Rock musician and occasional actor
• Dean Kremer (born 1996), Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
• Bridget Marquardt (born 1973) — Former Girls Next Door television show
• John Nisby (born 1936) — former NFL guard with Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins[16]
• Bill Sandeman (born 1942) — Former NFL football player for the Atlanta Falcons[17]
• Norman D. Shumway (born 1934) — former U.S. Representative from California[18]
• Viola Frey (1933-2004) — American artist who lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area and was renowned for her larger-than-life, colorfully glazed clay sculptures of men and women[19]

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