George Joseph Jacobs

Background

Jacobs, George Joseph was born on August 30, 1917 in New York City. Son of Joseph Isaiah and Tamara (Fine) Jacobs.

Education

Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1940. Master of Science, West Virginia University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1955.

Career

Research physiologist Chemical Industries Basel Pharmaceuticals, New Jersey, 1947—1948. Oceanographer, biologist United States Navy Hydrograph Office, Suitland, Maryland, 1948—1950. Hematologist National Naval Medical Institute, Bethesda, 1950—1956.

Research physiologist Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Japan, 1956—1959. Science administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1959—1979. Private practice Montgomery, Pennsylvania, from 1979.

Collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, from 1955. Research associate Smithsonian Institution, Washington, from 1971. Field collaborator Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 1980—1982.

Served United States Army, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations.

Achievements

• George Joseph Jacobs has been listed as a noteworthy physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Animal Orientation & Navigation A symposium sponsored by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, the Smithsonian Institution, & the American Institute of Biological Sciences held at Wallops Station, Virginia, September 9-13, 1970.

Membership

Member of Maryland Natural History Society, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Physiological Society, Poets Club, Explorers Club, Poets Club, B'nai B'rith, Phi Epsilon Pi, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Natural history, herpetology, book collecting, camping, fishing.

Connections

Married Joan Fischer, August 22, 1947. Children: Tamara, Douglas Bram, Jeremy Fischer.

Father:

Joseph Isaiah Jacobs

Mother:

Tamara (Fine) Jacobs

Spouse:

Joan Fischer

child:

Tamara Jacobs

child:

Douglas Bram Jacobs

child:

Jeremy Fischer Jacobs