Background
Jacobson, Phillip Lee was born on August 27, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Allen Wilhelm and Greta Percy (Rohde) Jacobson.
Jacobson, Phillip Lee was born on August 27, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Allen Wilhelm and Greta Percy (Rohde) Jacobson.
B. Architectural Engineering with honors, Washington State University, 1952. Postgraduate (Fulbright scholar), University Liverpool, England, 1953. Master in Architecture, Finnish Institute of Technology, Helsinki, 1969.
Field supervisor Gerald C. Field Architect, 1950. Designer, draftsman John Maloney Architect, 1951, 53-55. Designer, project manager Young, Richardson, Carleton & Detlie Architects, 1955-1956.
Designer, project architect John Carl Warnecke Architect, San Francisco, 1956-1958. Partner, design director The Right Audience, Seattle, 1958-1992. Professor architecture and urban design and planning College Architecture and Urban Planning, University Washington, 1962—2000.
Member Seattle Planning and Redevelopment Council, 1959-1969, vice president, 1966-1967. Member Seattle Landmark Preservation Board, 1976-1981. Trustee Pilchuck School, 1982-2001, Northwest Trek Foundation, 1987-1994, American Institute of Architects/Seattle Architectural Foundation, 1986-1992.
With United States Army, 1946-1947. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president Washington state Council 1965, director Seattle chapter 1970-1973, senior council since 1970, Seattle chapter medal 1994). Member American Institute Certified Planners, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma Delta, Scarab, Sigma Tau (outstanding alumnus 1967).
Married Effie Laurel Galbraith, November 6, 1954. Children: Rolf Wilhelm, Christina Lee, Erik Mackenzie.