Allen Jacobson (BSChE’47), who earned the 2011 Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award, died November 1, 2012. He was 86. He will be greatly missed by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering as well as the rest of the Iowa State University community, among many.
After graduating from Iowa State with a Bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 1947, Jacobson joined 3M’s Scotch tape laboratory. He progressed to 3M’s top position – chairman of the board and chief executive officer. He retired from 3M in 1991.
In Sweeney Hall at Iowa State University, the Allen Jacobson 3M Innovations chemical engineering lab is named after him.
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