Theodore J. Jacobs ’55

Ted Jacobs died Aug. 7, 1998, of a neuromuscular degenerative ailment at the Fairland Adventist Center in Silver Spring, Md. Ted is survived by his wife of 29 years, Lenore, and son Nicholas.

At Princeton, Ted roomed with Paul Glickman and joined Prospect Club. After graduation, he attended Harvard Law School and roomed with Jim Brachman and Ben Zelenko.

Following admission to the New York Bar, Ted entered private practice, specializing in estate planning. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1968 and became chief, legal analysis section of the forerunner agency to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Thereafter, he became executive director of the Center for the Study of Responsive Law, working closely with Ralph Nader. Ted became counsel for regulatory reform on the Senate Govt. Affairs Committee and then chief counsel and finally staff director to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs. He worked on several critical monetary and consumer issues, prepared committee reports on many subjects, and attended international conferences. He contributed book reviews and articles on consumer-related topics to the NY Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and other national publications.

Ted was Neighborhood Advisory Commissioner in his D.C. neighborhood and on the boards of the Living Stage and the Fund for Constitutional Government. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1955