Along with his brothers, he was an officer and director of Warner-Lambert and a founder trustee of the Lasdon Foundation, which was created in 1946.
Jacob S. Lasdon was brought to the United States from the Russian Empire as an infant and educated in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York.
He was an officer and director of the Pyridium Corporation and of its successor, the Nepera Chemical Company, a manufacturer of prescription drugs.
A piano student in his youth, Lasdon's philanthropy further included assistance to many promising young musical artists.
Lasdon was also a substantial contributor to the Jewish Theological Seminary, from which he received the Louis Marshall Award in 1969.