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LA JOLLA\u2014The Salk Institute lost one of its greatest supporters and one of San Diego\u2019s most generous philanthropists when Joan Jacobs died on May 6, 2024, in La Jolla, California. She was 91 years old.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nJoan Jacobs and her husband, Irwin, transformed the world of philanthropy in San Diego with their extraordinary giving to biomedical research, arts, education, advocacy, and healthcare. Their names are linked to many local organizations, inextricably so to the Salk Institute.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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Irwin and Joan Jacobs
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\r\n\u201cYou simply cannot tell the tale of Salk\u2019s accomplishments over the last 20 years without Joan and Irwin,\u201d says Salk President Gerald Joyce<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve never met more generous, salt-of-the-earth people than the Jacobs family. Joan was a dynamic person who used her vast experience, intelligence, and means to better the lives of countless individuals in San Diego. The Institute is indebted to her, and we will continue to work hard every day to be good stewards of her exceeding generosity.\u201d\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe couple\u2019s involvement with the Salk Institute began in 2003 when Irwin joined the Salk International Council, a group of professionals dedicated to advocating for Salk science. After Irwin retired from Qualcomm in 2006, he became the chair of Salk\u2019s Board of Trustees, a position he held until 2016. He remained a trustee until 2023. Continuing the family\u2019s tradition of support for the Institute, Joan and Irwin\u2019s granddaughter-in-law, Amy Jacobs, now serves on Salk\u2019s Board.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn his role as Board Chair, Irwin spearheaded Salk\u2019s first capital campaign, which raised $360 million for the Institute. In 2008, he and Joan established the Joan Klein and Irwin Mark Jacobs Senior Scientist Endowed Challenge<\/a>, ultimately endowing all 20 chairs for Salk full professors. This level of support ensured that Salk scientists could continue to pursue the bold, life-changing science for which the Institute is renowned.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAfter the Chair Challenge, Joan and Irwin launched Salk\u2019s Innovation Grants Program<\/a>, which supports out-of-the-box, potentially trailblazing research ideas that would otherwise not be eligible for traditional grant funding. Over the years, the program has supported dozens of projects and resulted in paradigm-shifting discoveries in healthy aging, cancer, neuroscience, and more.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn addition to science, the Jacobs family has played a significant role in supporting San Diego\u2019s art and music scene over the years. Joan and Irwin were steadfast supporters of Symphony at Salk, the Institute\u2019s annual \u201cconcert under the stars,\u201d where the San Diego Symphony performs with a guest artist in the Salk Courtyard. This year\u2019s event on August 17 will pay tribute to Joan.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn total, Joan and Irwin Jacobs have given more than $102 million to support the Salk Institute\u2019s life-changing discoveries and the people who make them possible.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nBorn on January 18, 1933, Joan grew up in New York City, where she attended and graduated from the Barnard School for Girls. She went on to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in nutritional sciences from Cornell University in 1954, the same year she and Irwin married. After college, she worked for the Groton Central Schools outside Ithaca, New York, and at Boston Lying-in Hospital (now Brigham and Women's Hospital), one of the nation\u2019s first maternity hospitals.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIn 1966, the Jacobs family moved to La Jolla. It was a trip to San Diego the previous year when the couple first visited the newly constructed Salk Institute, an experience that set the wheels in motion for their move to the West Coast. The following year, proximity to Salk and the opportunity for Irwin to teach at the new university across the street\u2014UC San Diego\u2014were deciding factors in the couple\u2019s decision to relocate from Boston to La Jolla.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nOver the years, Joan received numerous honors recognizing her philanthropy and good will. In 1995, she received the David K. Kroll Leadership Award for exemplary service, dedication, and commitment to the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center of San Diego County. Joan received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Massachusetts in 2008. In 2015, she received the Helen Bull Vandervort Award from Cornell University's College of Human Ecology. She and Irwin received the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2018 and, in 2022, the American Civil Liberties Union named its historic docket of Supreme Court cases after Joan and Irwin Jacobs, both longtime supporters of the ACLU.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe Salk Institute extends its sincerest condolences to the Jacobs family for their loss.\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faculty":[],"disease-research":[],"class_list":["post-49105","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalk Institute mourns the loss of philanthropist Joan Jacobs - Salk Institute for Biological Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/news-release\/salk-institute-mourns-the-loss-of-philanthropist-joan-jacobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salk Institute mourns the loss of philanthropist Joan Jacobs - Salk Institute for Biological Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LA JOLLA\u2014The Salk Institute lost one of its greatest supporters and one of San Diego\u2019s most generous philanthropists when Joan Jacobs died on May 6, 2024, in La Jolla, California. 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