Thomas Elton Jacobson

Background

Jacobson, Thomas Elton was born on July 2, 1946 in Minneapolis. Son of Elton John and Elizabeth Lou Jacobson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Minnesota, 1968. Master of Science in Environmental Planning, University Minnesota, 1971.

Career

Water resource engineer United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, 1968-1970. City planner City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1972-1975. Visiting assistant professor University North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1975-1976.

Senior planner City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1976-1978, assistant director for planning, 1978-1986. Director planning Chesterfield County, Chesterfield, Virginia, 1986—2004, director revitalization, since 2004. Adjunct professor land use planning Virginia Commonwealth University, since 2005.

Achievements

• Thomas Elton Jacobson has been listed as a noteworthy urban planner, county official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Committee chairman Richmond (Virginia) First Club, 1988-1994. Member Downtown Advisory Committee, Richmond, 1996-1997. Board directors Better Housing Coalition, Richmond, since 1994, United Way, Sioux Falls, 1983-1986.

Lecturer St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans, 1998. Member American Planning Association (committee chairman), Virginia Planning Association (board directors 1991-1992), Virginia Planning Directors (president 1989-1990), American Institute Certified Planners, Urban Land Institute (board directors).

Interests

• Photography, cosmology, bicycling.

Connections

Married Andrea Christine Rask, November 29, 1969. Children: Arin, Jared, Timothy.