Background
Jacobson, Robert Andrew was born on February 16, 1932 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Carl Andrew and Mary Catherine (O'Donnell) Jacobson.
Jacobson, Robert Andrew was born on February 16, 1932 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Carl Andrew and Mary Catherine (O'Donnell) Jacobson.
Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1959.
Instructor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1959-1962; assistant professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1962-1964; associate professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1964-1969; full professor, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1969; assistant dean Sciences and Humanities, Iowa State University, Ames, 1982-1985. Chemist Ames Lab, Iowa, 1964-1969, senior chemist, since 1969.
Member American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association (chairman apparatus and standards committee 1982-1983).
Married Margaret Ann McMahan, May 26, 1962. Children: Robert Edward, Cheryl Ann.