Donald Jacobs (June 22, 1927 – October 30, 2017) was an American academic administrator who was dean of Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University[1] from 1975 to 2001.
Early life
editJacobs was born in the west side of Chicago, and attended Austin High School.[2]
Education
editJacobs graduated with a BA in economics from Roosevelt University in 1949. Subsequently he obtained an MA in economics from Columbia University (1951) and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1956.[1]
Career
editKellogg School of Management
editAt Kellogg School of Management, Jacobs was a faculty member from 1957 to 2017 and taught finance, including international finance and corporate governance.[1] He served as a dean at the Kellogg school for 26 years from 1975 to 2001, during which time he led the school to become one of the top business schools in the world.[2][3] He had been a Dean Emeritus of the school since 2001.[4]
Personal life
editJacobs died at Evanston Hospital on October 30, 2017, at the age of 90.[5][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Donald Jacobs - Faculty - Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu.
- ^ a b c Megan, Graydon (14 November 2017). "Donald Jacobs, influential dean at Northwestern's business school, dies at 90". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "A Tribute To Kellogg's Legendary Don Jacobs". 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Kellogg Dean Emeritus Don Jacobs dies at 90 - Northwestern Now". news.northwestern.edu.