CHAPTER LVII 

 PHILIP P. JACOBS, PH.D. 



PUBLICITY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



PHILIP PETER JACOBS, for many years our able assistant 

 secretary and now publicity director of the Association, was 

 born in Syracuse, N. Y., March 28, 1879, the son of Theo- 

 dore B. and Dorothy Jacobs. He received his preliminary educa- 

 tion at the Binghamton High School. From Syracuse University 

 he graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1903, from the Drew 

 Theological Seminary with the degree of B.D. in 1908, and from 

 Columbia University with the degree of Ph.D. in 1910. 



Dr. Jacobs entered the service of the National Tuberculosis 

 Association on March I, 1908. His first work was the preparation 

 of the tuberculosis directory, entitled, "The Campaign Against 

 Tuberculosis in the United States," published as a special volume 

 for the International Congress under the auspices of the Russell 

 Sage Foundation. Subsequent directories of a similar character 

 were published by the National Tuberculosis Association in 1911 

 and 1916, and a new edition in three parts appeared in 1919. 



From the fall of 1908 until the resignation of Dr. Farrand in the 

 spring of 1915 Dr. Jacobs served as assistant secretary, giving 

 special attention to publicity and organization. Since the resigna- 

 tion of Dr. Farrand he has still served under the title of assistant 

 secretary, but has been more directly in charge of the executive 

 work of the office, under the direction of Dr. Charles J. Hatfield. 

 He has conducted eight institutes for the training of tuberculosis 

 workers in cooperation with the New York School of Social Work. 



To Dr. Jacobs' genius and executive ability we are greatly in- 

 debted for the solution of the problems connected with the organ- 

 ization of state and local societies and the general progress of the 

 tuberculosis work. Besides some 30 odd publications under his 

 name, Dr. Jacobs has written many valuable editorials in the 



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