Article: Dr. Jeanne Jacobson Dies

Hope College issued the following news release:

Dr. Jeanne McKee Jacobson, 77, the widow of Dr. John Jacobson who was president of Hope College from 1987-99, died January 29, 2009 in her Sarasota, Fla. home.

The Jacobsons retired in 1999 where they continued in teaching and church service.

"Martie and I were so saddened to learn of Jeanne's illness and her death which so soon followed. Like her husband John, Jeanne left a legacy of initiatives at Hope that will positively influence the life of the college for generations to come," said Hope College President James E. Bultman.

Dr. Jacobson earned a Bachelor's degree in English literature in 1953 from Swarthmore College, a Master's degree in ...

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