Irwin M. Jacobs

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business executive electrical engineer entrepreneur human

Irwin M. Jacobs is an American electrical engineer, co-founder and former CEO of Qualcomm, known for his pioneering contributions to digital wireless communications.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Electrical Engineering ⓘ Doctor of Science ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ
awardReceived	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal ⓘ Marconi Prize ⓘ National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
coFounderOf	Qualcomm ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1933-10-18 ⓘ
educatedAt	Cornell University ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ University of California, San Diego ⓘ
familyName	Jacobs ⓘ
fieldOfWork	digital communications ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ
founded	Linkabit Corporation ⓘ
fullName	Irwin M. Jacobs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Irwin Mark Jacobs
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Irwin ⓘ
hasChild	Gary E. Jacobs ⓘ Hal Jacobs ⓘ Jeffrey A. Jacobs ⓘ Paul E. Jacobs ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy of CDMA as a wireless standard ⓘ leadership of Qualcomm ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
notableDonationRecipient	San Diego Symphony ⓘ University of California, San Diego ⓘ
notableFor	pioneering contributions to digital wireless communications ⓘ
notableWork	development and commercialization of CDMA technology ⓘ
occupation	businessperson ⓘ engineer ⓘ university professor ⓘ
philanthropicFocus	arts and culture ⓘ higher education ⓘ medical research ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld	Chairman of Qualcomm ⓘ Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm ⓘ
residence	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
spouse	Joan Jacobs ⓘ

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IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal → hasRecipient → Irwin M. Jacobs ⓘ

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Industrial Research Institute Medal → hasRecipient → Irwin M. Jacobs ⓘ

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Marconi Society → hasNotableAwardRecipient → Irwin M. Jacobs ⓘ

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