Background
Jacobs, Richard Dearborn was born on July 6, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard Dearborn and Mattie Phoebe (Cobleigh) Jacobs.
consulting engineering company executive
Jacobs, Richard Dearborn was born on July 6, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard Dearborn and Mattie Phoebe (Cobleigh) Jacobs.
Divorced; Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1944. Engineer, Detroit Diesel Engine division General Motors, 1946-1951. Manager industrial and marine engine division Reo Motors, Incorporated., Lansing, Michigan, 1951-1954.
Chief engr.Kennedy Marine Engine Company, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1955-1959.
Marine sales mgr.Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, 1959-1969. Marine sales manager Fairbanks MorseEngine division Colt Industries, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1969-1981.
President Rural Delivery Jacobs & Associations, consultant engineers, naval architects and marine engineers, Roscoe, Illinois, 1981.
Engineer Detroit Diesel Engine division General Motors, 1946-1951. Manager industrial and marine engine division Reo Motors, Inc., Lansing, Michigan, 1951-1954. Chief engineer Kennedy Marine Engine Company, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1955-1959.
Marine sales manager Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, 1959-1969, Fairbanks Morse Engine division Colt Industries, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1969-1981. President R.D. Jacobs & Associates, consultant engineers, naval architect & marine engineers, Roscoe, Illinois, from 1981.
With Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American Society for Testing and Materials, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (chairman section 1979-1980), Society Automotive Engineers, American Society Naval Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers, Navy League United States, Propeller Club United States, Masons.
Son of Richard Dearborn and Mattie Phoebe (Cobleigh) J. Divorced; children: Richard, Margaret, Paul, Linden.