Donald Jacobs

{{Short description|American economist (1927–2017)}}

Donald Jacobs (June 22, 1927{{snds}}October 30, 2017) was an American academic administrator who was dean of Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University{{cite web|url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/jacobs_donald.aspx|title=Donald Jacobs - Faculty - Kellogg School of Management|website=www.kellogg.northwestern.edu}} from 1975 to 2001.

Early life

Jacobs was born in the west side of Chicago, and attended Austin High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-donald-jacobs-obituary-20171114-story.html|title=Donald Jacobs, influential dean at Northwestern's business school, dies at 90|last=Megan|first=Graydon|website=Chicago Tribune |date=14 November 2017 |publisher=}}

Education

Jacobs 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.

Career

= Kellogg School of Management=

At Kellogg School of Management, Jacobs was a faculty member from 1957 to 2017 and taught finance, including international finance and corporate governance. 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.{{cite web|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2017/10/31/a-tribute-to-kelloggs-legendary-don-jacobs/|title=A Tribute To Kellogg's Legendary Don Jacobs|date=31 October 2017|publisher=}} He had been a Dean Emeritus of the school since 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks|title=Stocks|website=Bloomberg.com}}

Personal life

Jacobs died at Evanston Hospital on October 30, 2017, at the age of 90.{{cite web|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/october/kellogg-dean-emeritus-don-jacobs-dies-at-90/|title=Kellogg Dean Emeritus Don Jacobs dies at 90 - Northwestern Now|website=news.northwestern.edu}}

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