Background
Jacobson, Melvin Joseph was born on November 25, 1928 in Providence. Son of Charles and Rose (Chusmir) Jacobson.
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Melvin Joseph Jacobson
Edit Profileacoustician educator applied mathematician
Education
AB, Brown U., 1950; Master of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1954.
Career
Instructor, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1953-1954; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1954-1956; assistant professor mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1956-1958; associate professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1958-1963; professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1963-1990; professor emeritus, research consultant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, since 1991; principal investigator and consultant, Office Naval Research Contracts, 1957-1996; contract, Unisys. corporation, 1985-1988; principal investigator, National Science Foundation grant, 1962-1967; contract, Institute for Naval Oceanography, 1987-1991; contract, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988-1991; contract, United States Military Academy (for United States Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory), West Point, New York, 1989-1991. Visiting professor Rosenstiel School Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, U. Miami, Florida, 1963-1964, Adjunct Professor, 1969-1972. Consultant to industry, National Research Council.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Acoustical Society American. Member American Association of University Professors, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Connections
Married Dorothy Troup, June 8, 1952 (divorced August 1985). Children— Deborah Lynn, Donald Bruce. Married Corinne Ribner, December 21, 1986.
