The University of New Mexico will host Colonel Jack H. Jacobs as the first lecturer for the UNM Presidential Speaker Series. Jacobs received the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during the Viet Nam War. In addition to the Medal of Honor he also earned three Bronze Stars, and two Silver Stars.
Photo: Colonel Jack H. Jacobs
Jacobs will speak about leadership and give a provocative overview of the current state of the army in Iraq. He will also talk about his career in the army, and his work with the Medal of Honor foundation.
Event Information
Jacobs will speak on Thursday, December 1 at 3:30 p.m. at Keller Hall in the Center for the Arts on the UNM campus. His speech is free and afterwards he will sign books published by the Medal of Honor Foundation.
He will also be the featured speaker at a special breakfast for the community on Friday, December 2, at 7:30 a.m. at the Hotel Albuquerque (formerly the Old Town Sheraton). The cost of the breakfast is $20. and the public is invited to attend.
About Col. Jack H. Jacobs
Jacobs has taught at the National War College in Washington D.C. and at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1987, and founded AutoFinance Group Inc. one of the firms that pioneered the securitization of debt instruments. He has been a Managing Director of Bankers Trust and of Lehman Brothers. Currently he is a principal of The Fitzroy Group, a firm that specializes in the development of residential real estate in London and invests both for its own account and in joint ventures with other institutions. Jacobs is an on-camera consultant for MSNBC, and serves as Vice President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
The UNM Presidential Speaker Series has been initiated to bring internationally known speakers to the UNM campus and is sponsored by the UNM Board of Regents.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at November 23, 2005 09:57 AM