Donald Jacobs (June 22, 1927October 30, 2017) was an American academic administrator who was dean of

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from 1975 to 2001.

Early life

Jacobs was born in the west side of

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, and attended Austin High School.

Education

Jacobs graduated with a BA in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from

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in 1949. Subsequently, he obtained an MA in economics from

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(1951) and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1956.

Career

Kellogg School of Management

At Kellogg School of Management, Jacobs was a faculty member from 1957 to 2017 and taught

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, including

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and

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. 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

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s in the world. He had been a Dean Emeritus of the school since 2001.

Personal life

Jacobs died at

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on October 30, 2017, at the age of 90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Donald 1927 births 2017 deaths Roosevelt University alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni American economists Northwestern University faculty Kellogg School of Management faculty Social scientists from Chicago