Background
Jacobson, Joan Leiman was born on April 17, 1928 in New York City. Daughter of Jacob and Sally Grossman Leiman.
Jacobson, Joan Leiman was born on April 17, 1928 in New York City. Daughter of Jacob and Sally Grossman Leiman.
Bachelor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1947.
Editor bulletin Parents League New York, 1965—1968. President YM-YWHA of New York, New York City, 1978—1983, also board directors. Chair emeritus poetry Center 92nd St.
Member President Circuit. Member King David society United Jewish Appeal/Federation Jewish Philanthropies, New York City, 1983—2005, leader operation Exodus and chair immigration resettlement services, 1987—1991, member caring commission cabinet., 2005—2009. Member advisory council and leadership council Harvard School Public Health, Boston, since 1997.
Conservator, member president's council New York Public Library., New York City, since 1995, vice president. Board directors, vice president Hudson Review, New York City, since 1999. Leadership council & international leadership council Harvard Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Institute, since 2005.
Endowed professor surgery Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem.
Philanthropist, Joan Leiman Jacobson poetry prizes 92nd St. Y Poetry Center Discovery Contest, since 1978. Chair public health, Joan L. Julius H. Jacobson Harvard Sch Public Health. Professor Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem.
Trustee Hebrew Imgrant Aid Society, 1990—1998, member scholarship committee, since 1997. Member Asian arts task force Smith College Museum, Tryon Associates, since 1992. Founder Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1997, founder Joan Leiman Jacobson non-fiction writer-in-residence, 2004.
Member Harvd Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Institute Leadership Council, since 2005. Joan L. & Julius H. Jacobson, chair vascular surgery Hadassoh Hospital, Jerusalem. Board overseers Center for Jewish History, 2004—2009.
Board governors New School for General Studies, since 2007. Member of Smith College Club New York (board directors 1965-1968), Poetry Society of America (board governors since 1999), Cosmo.
Married Wilbur Arnold Cowett (divorced November 1, 1973). Children: Frederick D. Cowett, Anne F. Cowett. Married Julius H. Jacobson II, Doctor of Medicine, November 2, 1973.