Biography of Gerald Jakubowski

Dr. Jakubowski is currently the President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received his BSME, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.

Gerald and Lynn Jakubowski

Before returning to the Midwest, Dr. Jakubowski served as Vice President and Provost of Arizona State University. Prior to his move to Arizona, he served for fourteen years as the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In addition to his west coast appointments, Dr. Jakubowski held the positions of Interim Dean of Engineering and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Herff College of Engineering at Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) and was Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University of Toledo where he was responsible for the overall administration of the undergraduate engineering program. He also served as faculty member at the University of South Alabama.

Dr. Jakubowski is Past National President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Past Chair of the Engineering Accreditation for ABET, the organization that accredits engineering programs in the United States. In addition to ASEE and ABET, he is active in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He served on the SAE Board of Directors, the SAE Foundation Board of Trustees, the ASME Council on Education, the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET and the Executive Committee of the EAC. In 1984, he received the Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award and, in 1987, the Outstanding Zone Campus Representative Award, both from ASEE. Dr. Jakubowski received the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1985 and the Excellence in Engineering Education Award in 1998, both from SAE. In 2002, Dr. Jakubowski received the University of Toledo College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a Fellow Member of ASEE and ASME. In addition, Dr. Jakubowski served as a NASA Faculty Fellow in 1983 and 1984. He has served Triangle Fraternity, a social fraternity of engineers, architects and scientists, as National Councilman and twice National President, as well as a long time member of the Triangle Education Foundation.

Jerry and his wife, Lynn, currently reside in Terre Haute, Indiana.