William Orton Jacobs

Background

Jacobs, William Orton was born on April 28, 1955 in Wauseon, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Robinson and Patricia (Patterson) Jacobs.

Education

Student, Belhaven College, 1973-1974; student, University London, summer 1976; Bachelor of Science in Journalism, U. Mississippi, 1977.

Career

Management trainee, McRae's Department Stores, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, 1977-1978; assistant buyer, McRae's Department Stores, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, 1978-1980; area sales manager, McRae's Department Stores, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, 1980; managing editor, Daily Leader, Brookhaven, Mississippi, since 1980; also general manager, Daily Leader, Brookhaven, Mississippi, since 1985; vice president, S.W. Publications, Inc., Brookhaven, Mississippi, since 1981; public, Prentiss (Mississippi) Headlight, since 1985; president, Prentiss Publications, Inc., since 1985.

Achievements

• William Orton Jacobs has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor, newspaper publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Lincoln County Heart Fund, Brookhaven, 1981, Lincoln County United Way, 1991, 92. Member Mississippi Press Association (treasurer 1989, 2nd vice president 1990-1991, 1st vice president since 1991, board directors since 1986, president 1992, Best Editorials-Dailies 1989, 91), Kiwanis (board directors 1987-1990), Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of C. (board directors 1989-1990, vice president 1993-1994, president since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sailing.

Connections

Married Amy Oldham Alexander, March 22, 1980. Children: Ann Kirkpatrick, Meredith Alexander.

Father:

Charles Robinson Jacobs

Mother:

Patricia (Patterson) Jacobs

Spouse:

Amy Oldham Alexander

child:

Meredith Alexander Jacobs

child:

Ann Kirkpatrick Jacobs