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Irwin M. Jacobs

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American electrical engineer and philanthropist

United States Business ProfessionalsBorn 1933 · age 92

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Irwin Mark Jacobs is an American electrical engineer and businessman. He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. As of 2019, Jacobs had an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Jacobs speaking at UC San Diego in 2023

Irwin Jacobs receiving his honorary doctorate of engineering (honoris causa) from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2014

Awards 9

2013IEEE Medal of Honor

2013National Inventors Hall of Fame

2011Marconi Prize

2009Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2007IEEE Maxwell Award

1995IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal

1994National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Computer History Museum Fellow

honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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ChildPaul E. Jacobs

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Leonard KleinrockAlso won IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal

Amar BoseAlso won IEEE Maxwell Award

Martin Edward HellmanAlso won Marconi Prize

Ernst AlexandersonAlso won IEEE Medal of Honor Woo Kwong Ching PeterAlso won honorary doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Ron BrownAlso won National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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