Background
Jacobson, Albert Herman was born on October 27, 1917 in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of Albert Herman and Gertrude Jacobson.
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Railroad Consolidations and Transportation Policy
(PhD thesis from Stanford University analyzing the benefit...)
PhD thesis from Stanford University analyzing the benefits of railroad mergers, recommending more logucal and streamlined government oversight, and how cross-leasing of trackage and terminal facilities would save railroads millions of dollars, making them more profitable and attractive to private investment. 170 pages with extensive footnotes.
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Albert Herman Jacobson
Edit Profileeducator Industrial and systems engineer
Albert Herman Jacobson, Industrial and systems engineer, educator. Registered profile engineer, California. Recipient commendation United States Navy, 1946; Alfred P. Sloan fellow Program Executive Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1952; fellow National Science Foundation, Stanford University, 1965-1966; recipient Scouters Key and Award of Merit Stanford Council Boy Scouts American, 1976.
Education
Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering/Administration cum laude, Yale University, 1939; Master of Science Business and Engineering Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Master of Science in Applied Physics, U. Rochester, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Management Engineering, Stanford University, 1976.
Career
Personnel assistant, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1939-1940; industrial engineer in electronics, Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey, 1940-1943; production officer, United States Navy BuORD, 1943-1944; RINSMAT United States Navy, Colonial Radio Corporation (Sylvania), Buffalo, 1944-1945; INSORD United States Navy, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1945-1946; chief engineer, director quality control, Naval Ordnance Office, Rochester, New York, 1946-1957; staff engineer Space Satellite Program, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, 1957-1959; associate dean College Engineering and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1959-1961; vice president, general manager to president, Knapic Electro-Physics Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1961-1962; professor of industrial and systems engineering College of Engineering, San Jose State University, since 1962; co-founder, coordinator Cybernetic Systems graduate program, San Jose State University, since 1968. Consultant in field, California, Arizona, Illinois, since 1962, Lockheed, Motorola, SantaFe R.R., 20th Century Fox, Alcan-Aluminium Corporation, Banner Container, Science Management Corporation, Northern Telecom, Siliconix, others.
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Railroad Consolidations and Transportation Policy
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Railroad Consolidations and Transportation Policy
Membership
Member, chairman Pers. Commission City of Mountain View, California, 1968-1978. Eagle Scout, 1931, troop chairman, scoutmaster, member Stanford Area Council BoyScouts of America, Palo Alto, 1970-1983.
Chairman Campus Lutheran Council San JoseState U., 1981-1986. Member Santa Clara Valley Lutheran Parish Council, since 1991. President New York State Young Adults Council Young Men’s Christian Association, 1954-1955.
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Society Engineering Education, Institute Industrial Engineers, American Production and Inventory Control Society (board directors since 1975), Masons, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
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Married Elaine Swanson, June 1960;children: Keith, Paul.
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Recipient commendation United States Navy, 1946. Alfred P. Sloan fellow Program Executive Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1952. Fellow National Science Foundation, Stanford University, 1965-1966. Recipient Scouters Key and Award of Merit Stanford Council Boy Scouts American, 1976.Recipient commendation United States Navy, 1946. Alfred P. Sloan fellow Program Executive Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1952. Fellow National Science Foundation, Stanford University, 1965-1966.
Recipient Scouters Key and Award of Merit Stanford Council Boy Scouts American, 1976.