Ira Jacobs

Background

Jacobs, Ira was born on January 3, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Nathan and Leah (Pincheff) Jacobs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1950. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1955.

Career

Teaching and research assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1950-1955; member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1955-1960; supervisor, Bell laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1960-1962; department head, Bell laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1962-1967; department head, Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1967-1969; director development, Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1969-1987; professor electrical engineering, Virginia Poly Institute, Blacksburg, since 1987. Consultant Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, 1964, 66. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Ira Jacobs has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President board directors Little Silver Board Education, New Jersey, 1971-1977. Vice president board of trustees Congregation B'nai Israel, Rumson, New Jersey, 1978-1987. President Blacksburg Jewish Community Center, 1989-1990.

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Optical Society American, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma (president Purdue chapter 1953-1954).

Connections

Married Irene Rosalie Schuman, May 20, 1956. Children– Phillip, Mona, Nancy.

Father:

Nathan Jacobs

Mother:

Leah (Pincheff) Jacobs

Spouse:

Irene Rosalie Schuman

child:

Phillip Jacobs

child:

Mona Jacobs

child:

Nancy Jacobs