Background
Jacobs, Leon was born on March 26, 1915 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Evelyn (Rosenthal) Jacobs.
Medical research administrator
Jacobs, Leon was born on March 26, 1915 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Evelyn (Rosenthal) Jacobs.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1935; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1947.
Zoologist, protozoologist, National Institutes of Health, 1937-1943, 46-59;
chief Laboratory Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1964;
acting science director National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965;
science director division Biologics Standards, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1967;
associate director collaborative research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1978;
director Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1979;
deputy assistant secretary for science, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1967-1969;
science director, National Society Medical Research, Washington, 1981-1984. Board directors Gorgas Memorial Institute, 1967-1989, chairman, president, 1983-1992. Member World Health Organization Expert Panel on Parasitic Diseases, 1969-1979.
Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, Case Western U. Visiting professor U. Arizona, 1979, 80, University of Southern Florida, 1980-1983.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Society Parasitologists (editor 1955-1958, Henry B. Ward medal 1963, president 1978), American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (vice president 1970), Helminthological Society Washington (president 1950), American Association Immunologists, Society Protozoology, Tropical Medicine Society Washington (president 1971), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married Eva Eisenberg, November 28, 1946. Children: Jonathan H., Alice E., Abby M.