Background
Jacobson, Florence Dorfman was born on March 25, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Aron and Anna (Schwartzman) Dorfman.
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Jacobson, Florence Dorfman was born on March 25, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Aron and Anna (Schwartzman) Dorfman.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1938; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1940; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1940-1942; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Instructor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1942-1943; assistant professor, Albertus Magnus College, 1958-1961; associate professor, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, 1961-1964; professor, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, 1964-1983; department chairman mathematics, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, 1958-1971, 77-83; consultant, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, 1984-1987; visiting scholar, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1983-1986. Coordinator Multiply Your Options Confs., Connecticut, 1983-1985. Member steering committee Project to Improve Mastery in Mathematics and Science, Middletown, since 1976.
Member of executive board Area Cooperative Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, New Haven, 1966-1967. Board directors Center for Indiana Study, New Haven, 1975-1981, Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden, Connecticut, 1975-1980, secretary, 1979, International Center New Haven, since 1989.
Member American Association of University Professors, Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, Association for Women in Mathematics, Yale University Women's Organization (president 1987-1989).
Married Nathan Jacobson, August 25, 1942. Children: Michael Sidney, Pauline Idaho.