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.
Jacobs was born in the west side of Chicago, and attended Austin High School.
[2] Jacobs graduated with a BA in economics from Roosevelt University in 1949.
[1] At Kellogg School of Management, Jacobs was a faculty member from 1957 to 2017 and taught finance, including international finance and corporate governance.
[4] Jacobs died at Evanston Hospital on October 30, 2017, at the age of 90.