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Center Heart &Vascular Center. These are in addition to a number of other academic, research and student-life enhancements that were completed over the past two years on the University’s Main, Scott Park and Health Science campuses.

At the same time, he has championed access to higher education for students from middle-and low-income families through a tuition freeze at UT in the 2007-08 school year and generous fnancial-aid pack-ages ofered through the “UT Guarantee” program. Additionally, he has made it a top priority to catapult UT in technology and sciences, focusing particularly on the University’s longstanding international leadership in solar and alternative-energy research.

TheUniversityandtheCityofToledohavedeveloped an efective partnership to improve neighborhoods and expand commercial activity near Main Campus. The University is also working to increase the number of new local companies based on UT research through Innovation Enterprises, the University’s not-for-proft economic development arm.

President Jacobs became the sixth president of the Medical College of Ohio— later renamed Medical Uni-versity of Ohio— in November 2003. Prior to coming to Toledo, he was chief operating ofcer of the University of Michigan Health System, one of the largest systems in the country, senior associate dean for clinical afairs at the University of Michigan Medical School. He also held a faculty appointment as professor of surgery. A nativeofHolland,MI, President Jacobs, followinggradu-ation fromhigh school, served four years on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, receiving an honorable dis-charge in 1962. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1965

ersity President

UT Board of Trustees

William C. Koester, Chair (2013) Joseph H. Zerbey, IV, Vice Chair (2018) Joshua R. Beekman, Student Trustee (2013) Susan E. Gilmore (2013) S. Amjad Hussain (2016) Linda N. Mansour (2014) Susan Farrell Palmer (2014) Juan Jose “John” Perez (2020) Sharon Speyer (2019) John S. Szuch (2015) Gary P. Thieman (2017)

from Miami University in Oxford, OH, and an M.D. degree in 1969 from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He completed surgery residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospi-tal, University of California at San Diego Hospital and Wayne State University Hospital in Detroit. A vascular surgeon, Dr. Jacobs beganhiscareer inacademicmedi-cineatWayneStatein1974, staying there for 15 years. He is the author of six book chapters and of more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed medical andscientifcpublications suchasJournalofVascularSurgery, Surgery, and American Surgeon, and has been a featured speaker at dozens of national medical and scientifc meetings on topics such as vascular disease, managed care, medical leadership, measuring quality in health care and quality assurance. President Jacobs is a member of numerous professional surgical societies and is a past president of the Academy of Surgery of Detroit.

President Jacobs currently serves as president of the Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents and is a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, the Regional Growth Partnership, Toledo Chamber of Com-merce, Inter-UniversityCouncilofOhio,OhioStateMedical Association, Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Jacobs and his wife, Ola, have two adult sons, Andy and Ben.