Lynn Jakubowski was born in 1962 in the outskirts of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jakubowski grew up with her mother, father, and younger sister. “My father worked in a steel mill, and my mother had an administrative type job,” remembers Lynn.



The college years

After graduating from high school in 1980, Mrs. Jakubowski went on to Robert Morris College, which is a private business university in Pittsburg. During her time at college, Mrs. Jakubowski recalled the activities she participated in: “I was in the Delta Zeta sorority, a member of the dorm council, and interned with General Motors. I also did intramurals, whatever clubs, and Panhellenic.” Mrs. Jakubowski graduated in 1984 with a degree in administrative management. “Right out of college, I began working in the business world.”



Career

Mrs. Jakubowski worked in the insurance industry for a few years, and then worked for the Society of Automotive Engineers for about eight years. “Dr. Jakubowski was very active in the organization, so I met him, [while he was] serving on various educational committees. We met in 1992… and that’s what took me to California.” Mrs. Jakubowski then worked for Office Depot for about eight years as the director of international print production. When they moved to Arizona, she worked for ADVO, which was a direct mail company. “I have worked in the graphics and print industry for the last ten years,” she says.



Arrival at Rose-Hulman

When Dr. Jakubowski accepted the role of president at Rose-Hulman, Mrs. Jakubowski moved with Dr. Jakubowski to Terre Haute. While being here, Mrs. Jakubowski has been getting to know the folks at Rose and getting involved in as many things as she can. She is also very active in the Terre Haute community: “I consider my job title to be community volunteer.”

Mrs. Jakubowski is a member of various organizations in Terre Haute. “I’m on the Swope Art Museum Board, the Swope Alliance, and the Terre Haute Symphony Board. I’m in Trees, which is the group that plants trees and daffodils and things around Terre Haute. I’m in the Terre Haute Women’s Club… and in all of those organizations I’m in different subcommittees.” Mrs. Jakubowski also enjoys playing tennis as part of a club.

At Rose-Hulman, Mrs. Jakubowski is very active on campus. “[I’m in] the Rose women’s club [and] the performing arts group that Bunny Nash runs that picks the shows and things for next year.”

Mrs. Jakubowski and Dr. Jakubowski have also participated around campus by being judges for Hallympics and the residence hall Christmas decorating competition. They have also been contestants on the Not-So-Newlywed Game, a contest similar to The Newlywed Game sponsored by SAB, where they won second place.

After arriving at Rose-Hulman, Mrs. Jakubowski was surprised with the amount of hospitality provided here. “I was surprised how welcoming people were here, how nice everybody was, and how hard everybody worked to make sure Jerry and I feel welcome. Right from the beginning, the first day that we arrived, we received several bouquets of flowers at our house welcoming us to Rose-Hulman.”

Mrs. Jakubowski was very impressed at the variety of students at Rose-Hulman: “Like what [Dr. Jakubowski] said, how well rounded the students are; that they do all these things other than just engineering.”

Mrs. Jakubowski recalls one of her first moments here at Rose. “I worked at the bookstore during the fall book rush, as an incognito book bagger. Nobody knew who I was. It was a lot of fun, seeing everybody that first day, and see how nice the people are. The other fun thing was when, right before finals week, we did that Sunday night dinner at the cafeteria. That was fun. It was my first time to do something like that.” This is the first time in her career that Mrs. Jakubowski hasn’t worked.

“I think another thing that was surprising to us is the campus beautification days, to see all of the Greeks to come out to paint and weed. That’s impressive to see. And I think one of the things we tried to do, is to have dinner or to meet all of the Greek organizations. I think we got to all of them and just missed one.”

“My other highlight was the fall career fair. Jerry was out of town and so I was asked to give the welcome for the fall career fair in his place… Seeing all of the companies and alumni come back to recruit here at the career fair… I was totally awed by it. We had companies here from A to Z, except for Y and X.”

Mrs. Jakubowski has really enjoyed her first year at Rose-Hulman and has been very impressed with the faculty and staff here. “They’re really, really nice.”

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