Background
Jacobs, Norman Allan was born on August 17, 1937 in Providence. Son of Daniel and Bertha (Fain) Jacobs.
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Norman Allan Jacobs
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Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Yale University, 1958; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1961.
Career
Commercial developer, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, 1961-1962; vice president, founder, Amicon Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1962-1971; president, Amicon Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1971-1983; president, Amicon division W.R. Grace & Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1983-1985; president, chief operating officer, BioTechnica International Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1988; president, Chief Executive Officer, BioTechnica International Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988-1990; president, Becton Dickinson Transdermal Systems division, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, since 1990. Board directors Seragen Corporation, Boston, Medi-Ject Corporation, Minneapolis.
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Member American Association Artificial Internal Organs, American Chemical Society, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists, Controlled Release Society, Biotechnology Industrial Organisation, Licensing Executive Society (United States treasurer 1971-1974, United States president 1975-1976, international treasurer 1981-1984, international vice president 1991-1993, international president-elect 1994, international president 1995, Highest Honor award United States and Canada 1989), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
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Married Elaine Marcia Kritz, August 16, 1959. Children: Marjorie Ilene, Alan Jeffrey.
